Table I.B.4(1999) Number of part-time private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

19,586,207

3,743,980

2,172,607

2,923,349

3,506,591

7,239,681

7,469,573

12,116,634

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

433,286

242,611

48,598

19,386

*

112,180

*

10,511

*

299,858

133,428

Mining

9,735

630

*

5,190

995

*

111

*

2,809

*

6,391

3,344

*

Construction

398,519

229,121

76,018

68,282

15,340

9,759

*

359,270

39,250

Manufacturing

530,997

92,608

70,780

121,963

94,853

150,793

230,722

300,275

Transp., commu., util.

589,642

68,664

41,267

80,183

142,669

256,858

151,241

438,401

Wholesale trade

393,537

97,632

57,685

91,385

46,926

99,911

211,485

182,052

Retail trade

8,143,847

963,926

861,672

1,174,805

1,045,191

4,098,253

2,501,366

5,642,481

Fin., ins., real est.

719,090

191,001

49,898

*

96,702

140,659

240,830

288,269

430,822

Services

8,365,583

1,855,815

961,499

1,269,648

1,908,663

2,369,958

3,418,999

4,946,583

Unknown

1,972

1,972

*****

*****

*****

*****

1,972

*****

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

12,555,922

1,671,045

1,401,542

1,988,056

2,001,433

5,493,847

4,183,022

8,372,899

For profit, unincorporated

2,744,639

1,318,760

434,516

359,428

471,103

160,833

1,944,306

800,334

Nonprofit

3,716,929

679,119

327,050

562,842

983,569

1,164,349

1,254,557

2,462,372

Unknown

568,717

75,057

9,499

*

13,023

*

50,486

420,652

87,688

481,029

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1,952,077

800,667

365,282

424,975

237,017

124,137

1,425,943

526,134

5-9 years

1,914,613

718,347

381,824

390,300

285,710

138,431

1,318,777

595,836

10-19 years

3,421,127

972,107

578,502

774,019

633,093

463,406

1,977,292

1,443,835

20 or more years

8,650,800

1,247,330

831,105

1,295,494

2,061,489

3,215,382

2,717,367

5,933,433

Unknown

3,647,591

5,529

*

15,894

*

38,561

289,282

3,298,324

30,194

*

3,617,397

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

10,217,322

43,319

187,365

698,052

2,280,812

7,007,774

475,018

9,742,303

1 location only

9,368,886

3,700,661

1,985,242

2,225,297

1,225,779

231,907

6,994,554

2,374,331

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

5,127,235

1,647,860

746,332

804,348

995,278

933,417

2,878,340

2,248,894

25-49%

5,669,629

723,410

537,118

807,936

901,799

2,699,365

1,688,136

3,981,493

50-74%

5,176,854

982,787

534,865

732,739

926,403

2,000,059

1,869,780

3,307,073

75% or more

3,612,490

389,922

354,292

578,326

683,110

1,606,839

1,033,316

2,579,174

Union presence

No union employees

15,841,171

3,583,276

2,071,663

2,718,130

2,889,756

4,578,346

7,105,425

8,735,746

Has union employees

2,006,644

64,845

49,432

130,245

385,479

1,376,644

184,205

1,822,439

Unknown

1,738,393

95,859

51,512

74,974

*

231,356

1,284,691

179,943

1,558,449

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

3,580,083

907,880

595,749

703,478

720,280

652,697

1,911,661

1,668,423

Less than 50% low wage

11,523,124

2,680,757

1,473,706

2,081,709

2,394,559

2,892,393

5,220,918

6,302,207

Unknown

4,483,000

155,343

103,152

138,162

391,753

3,694,590

336,995

4,146,005

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.B.4(1999) Standard error for number of part-time private-sector employees by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

289,712

43,029

72,150

100,682

123,053

260,165

131,339

267,856

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

110,332

26,028

11,768

7,247

*

89,536

*

4,250

*

29,896

93,131

Mining

3,467

362

*

2,400

639

*

111

*

2,714

*

2,695

2,808

*

Construction

34,493

19,388

15,768

21,267

4,944

3,885

*

30,776

7,762

Manufacturing

23,716

10,510

12,024

16,406

14,173

21,520

20,428

19,689

Transp., commu., util.

67,261

8,409

7,980

22,464

38,020

75,821

20,572

67,647

Wholesale trade

45,549

12,661

10,979

21,040

8,297

34,167

33,429

38,586

Retail trade

237,840

28,051

57,636

68,123

60,715

234,374

93,534

255,845

Fin., ins., real est.

58,673

18,845

12,761

*

20,530

26,980

26,676

23,613

45,321

Services

189,187

47,255

44,773

43,840

119,560

160,061

64,990

192,789

Unknown

1,327

1,327

*****

*****

*****

*****

1,327

*****

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

297,586

44,460

58,665

85,593

97,122

238,738

118,293

250,172

For profit, unincorporated

155,495

30,376

45,305

41,834

131,263

35,616

71,353

142,807

Nonprofit

163,492

34,120

25,565

32,342

65,791

151,538

58,702

142,967

Unknown

39,760

9,863

4,982

*

5,829

*

10,365

44,304

10,349

41,073

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

107,654

44,077

35,404

42,509

74,655

26,948

71,758

81,241

5-9 years

49,656

29,766

31,409

29,699

41,892

35,778

36,450

60,767

10-19 years

94,846

38,984

24,043

46,966

51,801

64,387

71,110

84,118

20 or more years

199,480

39,256

54,451

54,748

136,883

190,220

70,040

194,569

Unknown

155,985

2,235

*

5,395

*

9,110

62,092

145,795

9,318

*

156,696

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

246,863

7,167

12,094

40,584

55,540

271,617

19,439

243,699

1 location only

71,746

40,253

70,601

88,291

102,926

32,075

133,147

96,049

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

149,517

72,355

65,442

58,826

106,727

110,076

71,481

161,193

25-49%

224,314

36,970

44,114

76,750

66,625

169,326

66,139

191,161

50-74%

179,213

27,283

32,989

43,400

56,721

153,791

49,551

160,417

75% or more

124,924

22,340

17,651

28,221

39,694

97,018

29,602

115,730

Union presence

No union employees

284,502

39,046

73,667

107,033

132,575

239,586

130,380

280,319

Has union employees

169,506

13,441

12,493

23,947

38,759

158,657

26,677

162,424

Unknown

182,641

15,488

11,523

13,298

*

86,755

137,875

17,285

178,757

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

147,022

35,553

47,746

65,746

100,764

70,564

90,873

163,165

Less than 50% low wage

303,525

32,152

54,398

72,154

47,104

225,578

65,234

272,318

Unknown

230,115

13,887

26,146

19,515

93,706

198,074

40,953

217,151

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.