Table I.B.1.a(1999) Percent of number of private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

__________

United States

111,072,185

13.6%

9.2%

14.3%

18.1%

44.8%

30.0%

70.0%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

2,254,324

40.6%

13.8%

16.9%

17.9%

10.7%

60.8%

39.2%

Mining

512,824

5.5%

*

6.0%

*

11.4%

*

20.5%

*

56.7%

14.4%

85.6%

Construction

5,657,778

31.5%

22.2%

27.2%

14.0%

5.2%

69.8%

30.2%

Manufacturing

18,717,945

3.5%

5.1%

12.5%

24.6%

54.3%

14.3%

85.7%

Transp., commu., util.

6,893,854

7.4%

4.6%

9.3%

14.8%

63.9%

16.1%

83.9%

Wholesale trade

7,054,973

11.7%

11.9%

17.5%

16.8%

42.2%

32.7%

67.3%

Retail trade

22,457,262

11.6%

9.8%

14.7%

12.9%

51.0%

29.4%

70.6%

Fin., ins., real est.

8,323,432

14.4%

5.3%

10.7%

13.5%

56.1%

25.6%

74.4%

Services

39,192,680

16.7%

9.9%

14.0%

20.4%

39.0%

33.4%

66.6%

Unknown

7,113

73.5%

20.2%

*

*****

6.4%

*

*****

93.6%

6.4%

*

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

81,597,501

10.6%

9.3%

15.1%

17.1%

47.9%

27.8%

72.2%

For profit, unincorporated

10,404,330

42.6%

14.2%

13.4%

16.9%

12.8%

62.9%

37.1%

Nonprofit

14,808,837

12.2%

7.4%

14.3%

27.7%

38.3%

25.8%

74.2%

Unknown

4,261,517

5.0%

0.6%

*

0.7%

*

7.8%

85.9%

5.8%

94.2%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

8,017,854

39.6%

16.5%

19.1%

13.0%

11.7%

66.2%

33.8%

5-9 years

8,610,386

31.6%

19.6%

23.1%

16.4%

9.4%

64.0%

36.0%

10-19 years

17,011,827

24.4%

17.3%

25.4%

19.4%

13.6%

55.2%

44.8%

20 or more years

47,860,051

10.4%

8.8%

16.4%

26.4%

38.0%

27.1%

72.9%

Unknown

29,572,069

0.2%

0.2%

0.6%

5.8%

93.1%

0.6%

99.4%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

66,853,414

0.6%

1.3%

5.8%

19.5%

72.8%

4.1%

95.9%

1 location only

44,218,771

33.2%

21.1%

27.1%

16.1%

2.5%

69.2%

30.8%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

5,741,803

30.3%

14.5%

16.0%

20.1%

19.1%

54.3%

45.7%

25-49%

8,941,271

12.3%

9.5%

14.3%

15.8%

48.0%

29.3%

70.7%

50-74%

13,924,733

17.6%

10.0%

13.7%

17.6%

41.1%

34.2%

65.8%

75% or more

82,464,379

11.9%

8.7%

14.3%

18.3%

46.9%

27.7%

72.3%

Union presence

No union employees

85,046,494

16.7%

11.3%

16.6%

19.2%

36.2%

36.5%

63.5%

Has union employees

16,089,864

2.8%

2.5%

8.3%

17.7%

68.6%

9.2%

90.8%

Unknown

9,935,827

4.5%

2.1%

4.3%

9.3%

79.8%

8.4%

91.6%

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

7,449,290

24.4%

15.2%

19.9%

22.2%

18.3%

49.7%

50.3%

Less than 50% low wage

69,170,207

18.2%

12.6%

19.8%

23.5%

25.9%

40.8%

59.2%

Unknown

34,452,689

2.0%

1.1%

2.0%

6.4%

88.5%

4.0%

96.0%

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.

Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

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

Table I.B.1.a(1999) Standard error for percent of number of private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

__________

United States

1,592,602

0.33%

0.32%

0.39%

0.45%

0.84%

0.52%

0.52%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

164,957

3.16%

2.05%

3.90%

5.28%

2.15%

4.23%

4.23%

Mining

88,758

1.66%

*

3.50%

*

4.05%

*

6.99%

*

6.91%

4.14%

4.14%

Construction

138,546

1.18%

1.64%

1.75%

1.13%

1.00%

1.54%

1.54%

Manufacturing

222,850

0.32%

0.34%

0.75%

1.13%

0.96%

0.44%

0.44%

Transp., commu., util.

706,186

0.87%

0.52%

1.34%

2.04%

4.19%

2.10%

2.10%

Wholesale trade

444,241

1.00%

2.48%

1.40%

1.83%

3.02%

2.56%

2.56%

Retail trade

377,959

0.52%

0.73%

0.64%

0.72%

1.31%

1.06%

1.06%

Fin., ins., real est.

441,370

1.52%

0.97%

1.73%

1.35%

2.97%

1.80%

1.80%

Services

767,994

0.42%

0.66%

0.48%

0.96%

1.32%

0.76%

0.76%

Unknown

2,013

16.71%

10.56%

*

*****

3.42%

*

*****

17.39%

3.42%

*

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

1,329,086

0.39%

0.33%

0.35%

0.61%

0.97%

0.58%

0.58%

For profit, unincorporated

265,687

1.73%

1.20%

1.48%

1.70%

1.66%

1.48%

1.48%

Nonprofit

589,249

0.35%

0.50%

0.85%

1.82%

2.07%

0.94%

0.94%

Unknown

299,155

0.43%

0.25%

*

0.28%

*

0.92%

1.19%

0.56%

0.56%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

387,239

2.33%

1.52%

1.53%

2.48%

1.82%

2.50%

2.50%

5-9 years

147,351

0.93%

1.24%

0.95%

0.84%

1.37%

0.95%

0.95%

10-19 years

411,631

0.86%

0.76%

1.14%

1.06%

1.09%

1.26%

1.26%

20 or more years

1,173,882

0.33%

0.24%

0.68%

0.70%

0.83%

0.50%

0.50%

Unknown

1,016,547

0.04%

0.06%

0.08%

0.43%

0.50%

0.08%

0.08%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1,506,824

0.15%

0.08%

0.30%

0.61%

0.77%

0.23%

0.23%

1 location only

480,702

0.54%

0.66%

0.61%

0.54%

0.32%

0.49%

0.49%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

181,486

1.61%

1.24%

1.18%

1.80%

1.86%

2.18%

2.18%

25-49%

353,384

0.65%

0.83%

1.08%

1.29%

1.74%

1.04%

1.04%

50-74%

504,542

0.93%

0.45%

0.92%

0.91%

1.75%

1.10%

1.10%

75% or more

1,359,578

0.35%

0.44%

0.40%

0.49%

0.90%

0.54%

0.54%

Union presence

No union employees

1,208,042

0.42%

0.43%

0.54%

0.43%

0.84%

0.68%

0.68%

Has union employees

811,693

0.46%

0.47%

1.67%

1.09%

2.28%

1.39%

1.39%

Unknown

602,311

0.36%

0.43%

0.84%

1.71%

2.33%

0.70%

0.70%

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

255,830

1.19%

0.63%

1.66%

1.91%

0.98%

2.01%

2.01%

Less than 50% low wage

1,265,984

0.48%

0.46%

0.61%

0.52%

0.94%

0.75%

0.75%

Unknown

1,003,781

0.10%

0.08%

0.27%

0.56%

0.56%

0.28%

0.28%

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.