Table I.A.2.d(1999) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer two or more health insurance plans by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

29.7%

11.1%

15.0%

26.4%

39.5%

69.7%

13.5%

56.3%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

13.6%

10.1%

6.6%

*

15.5%

*

25.5%

*

72.0%

10.3%

38.2%

Mining

29.5%

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36.5%

*

66.6%

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52.1%

Construction

14.4%

11.9%

11.7%

24.8%

34.1%

42.1%

12.8%

33.4%

Manufacturing

28.2%

12.1%

17.1%

26.5%

36.9%

64.2%

16.6%

46.6%

Transp., commu., util.

41.4%

9.6%

10.4%

*

38.5%

49.8%

74.2%

13.4%

66.1%

Wholesale trade

26.5%

8.2%

*

13.0%

*

36.8%

33.1%

59.1%

13.2%

48.1%

Retail trade

35.8%

6.2%

10.0%

19.7%

34.4%

65.6%

8.7%

55.6%

Fin., ins., real est.

48.8%

15.9%

24.1%

30.0%

46.4%

87.2%

18.6%

75.4%

Services

24.5%

12.0%

18.2%

27.0%

42.9%

66.2%

14.5%

51.5%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

31.4%

10.6%

14.2%

25.0%

37.2%

70.4%

13.2%

57.2%

For profit, unincorporated

15.6%

11.2%

14.2%

25.0%

31.3%

59.7%

12.2%

39.9%

Nonprofit

27.8%

13.9%

21.3%

33.0%

49.4%

60.9%

17.5%

49.0%

Unknown

65.8%

28.2%

*

27.6%

*

79.1%

49.1%

69.1%

27.9%

*

66.9%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

14.0%

8.9%

15.7%

32.4%

29.9%

61.7%

11.6%

36.6%

5-9 years

14.8%

9.8%

15.5%

22.7%

38.8%

51.1%

12.1%

35.4%

10-19 years

17.9%

13.2%

14.6%

21.7%

34.1%

50.1%

14.1%

35.9%

20 or more years

30.8%

11.0%

14.9%

27.4%

40.6%

80.9%

14.1%

56.6%

Unknown

63.5%

53.7%

15.1%

*

53.2%

44.7%

66.1%

46.7%

63.9%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

53.2%

26.7%

18.1%

25.0%

39.2%

69.7%

20.5%

58.4%

1 location only

14.1%

10.8%

14.5%

27.4%

42.5%

57.5%

12.9%

35.4%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

26.7%

6.6%

*

5.9%

*

8.9%

31.7%

71.8%

6.3%

*

52.1%

25-49%

34.0%

8.9%

9.9%

24.3%

34.9%

63.7%

10.0%

53.7%

50-74%

28.4%

9.4%

12.2%

26.2%

45.9%

69.1%

11.2%

58.4%

75% or more

29.6%

11.9%

16.4%

27.6%

39.5%

70.8%

14.6%

56.6%

Union presence

No union employees

24.9%

10.6%

14.3%

24.9%

37.5%

63.3%

12.7%

49.7%

Has union employees

68.0%

28.8%

28.1%

49.3%

66.1%

92.4%

32.6%

85.4%

Unknown

57.0%

13.6%

19.2%

28.9%

35.5%

73.5%

16.8%

69.3%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

20.6%

4.7%

*

8.9%

14.3%

29.2%

66.3%

6.1%

43.1%

Less than 50% low wage

22.5%

11.5%

15.4%

26.7%

39.8%

75.3%

13.9%

49.5%

Unknown

60.9%

15.4%

16.3%

*

44.1%

46.0%

67.7%

19.4%

65.5%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.

Table I.A.2.d(1999) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer two or more health insurance plans by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

0.53%

0.41%

1.15%

0.62%

1.06%

0.57%

0.37%

0.66%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

2.78%

2.75%

4.19%

*

12.34%

*

11.50%

*

12.99%

1.95%

10.89%

Mining

8.15%

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12.25%

*

13.72%

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12.08%

Construction

1.09%

0.95%

2.76%

3.43%

4.63%

11.03%

1.20%

5.17%

Manufacturing

1.37%

2.12%

4.51%

3.59%

3.19%

2.65%

1.86%

1.32%

Transp., commu., util.

2.66%

1.95%

4.10%

*

5.78%

6.48%

4.51%

1.74%

2.68%

Wholesale trade

2.11%

2.71%

*

4.02%

*

5.24%

5.31%

3.68%

2.75%

2.15%

Retail trade

1.13%

1.05%

1.67%

1.27%

2.38%

1.95%

0.83%

1.54%

Fin., ins., real est.

1.59%

1.87%

3.73%

3.73%

4.01%

1.65%

1.55%

1.30%

Services

0.46%

0.52%

1.20%

1.71%

2.55%

2.07%

0.33%

0.90%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.59%

0.34%

1.37%

0.75%

1.69%

0.51%

0.48%

0.82%

For profit, unincorporated

1.16%

1.26%

2.61%

3.97%

5.76%

7.82%

0.93%

3.37%

Nonprofit

1.12%

2.16%

3.03%

2.99%

2.75%

5.50%

1.21%

2.29%

Unknown

3.84%

11.69%

*

8.94%

*

20.89%

7.93%

3.81%

11.34%

*

4.04%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

0.94%

1.43%

3.33%

2.11%

3.84%

6.00%

1.24%

1.45%

5-9 years

1.00%

0.99%

1.75%

3.03%

5.21%

10.51%

0.84%

3.86%

10-19 years

0.81%

0.93%

1.24%

1.22%

4.54%

4.04%

0.74%

3.15%

20 or more years

0.64%

0.86%

1.68%

1.05%

1.99%

1.22%

0.79%

1.23%

Unknown

0.89%

14.41%

7.69%

*

8.48%

3.88%

0.81%

5.94%

0.88%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.68%

5.47%

2.71%

1.94%

1.18%

0.57%

1.67%

0.72%

1 location only

0.35%

0.40%

1.32%

0.80%

1.20%

5.81%

0.36%

0.80%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.96%

2.34%

*

3.87%

*

1.84%

3.11%

5.92%

2.22%

*

4.56%

25-49%

2.72%

2.01%

2.70%

4.09%

3.44%

3.61%

1.47%

2.96%

50-74%

1.52%

1.15%

2.23%

3.91%

3.78%

2.93%

0.73%

2.49%

75% or more

0.46%

0.52%

1.25%

1.00%

1.22%

0.78%

0.47%

0.68%

Union presence

No union employees

0.54%

0.43%

1.20%

0.35%

1.42%

1.25%

0.34%

0.76%

Has union employees

1.37%

5.41%

7.91%

5.95%

3.38%

1.15%

3.08%

1.15%

Unknown

2.30%

3.65%

5.55%

7.36%

5.58%

2.36%

3.53%

2.48%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.79%

1.77%

*

2.09%

3.46%

3.62%

5.24%

1.42%

2.76%

Less than 50% low wage

0.47%

0.47%

1.16%

0.65%

1.47%

1.40%

0.33%

1.11%

Unknown

0.82%

3.45%

5.99%

*

4.55%

3.63%

0.65%

2.02%

0.74%

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.