Table I.C.3(1999) Percent of total premiums contributed by employees enrolled in single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

18.1%

13.3%

17.4%

16.3%

17.1%

20.5%

15.3%

19.2%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

12.6%

12.0%

12.9%

14.7%

5.7%

*

18.8%

*

10.6%

14.8%

Mining

13.5%

9.7%

*

14.8%

*

7.6%

*

9.6%

*

16.3%

10.9%

14.1%

Construction

15.8%

16.4%

17.7%

15.1%

14.0%

13.5%

16.5%

14.5%

Manufacturing

17.8%

10.6%

*

19.6%

16.0%

16.8%

19.0%

15.4%

18.2%

Transp., commu., util.

14.3%

9.9%

13.6%

*

19.3%

19.9%

12.2%

12.8%

14.5%

Wholesale trade

16.4%

9.8%

17.0%

15.4%

18.3%

17.5%

15.2%

17.0%

Retail trade

26.4%

22.6%

25.9%

22.7%

25.6%

29.0%

23.0%

27.9%

Fin., ins., real est.

19.5%

13.6%

12.2%

16.8%

17.0%

23.3%

14.9%

21.3%

Services

16.3%

11.0%

15.0%

14.2%

15.3%

20.0%

12.7%

17.9%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

18.7%

13.2%

18.5%

17.3%

18.4%

20.5%

16.2%

19.7%

For profit, unincorporated

16.1%

14.8%

15.4%

16.5%

13.4%

21.3%

14.3%

18.5%

Nonprofit

14.0%

10.7%

12.0%

11.4%

13.9%

16.7%

10.9%

15.0%

Unknown

26.3%

17.6%

64.2%

*

18.4%

*

24.4%

26.4%

52.0%

26.2%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

19.0%

15.6%

21.2%

19.5%

17.9%

23.9%

18.4%

19.7%

5-9 years

17.4%

15.3%

18.5%

20.5%

16.6%

15.0%

17.5%

17.1%

10-19 years

16.6%

15.0%

16.6%

17.3%

16.9%

17.3%

15.7%

17.7%

20 or more years

16.0%

9.8%

16.8%

14.9%

16.7%

17.5%

13.5%

17.0%

Unknown

22.5%

19.9%

23.3%

10.9%

*

20.7%

22.7%

13.4%

*

22.6%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

19.4%

20.7%

15.8%

14.1%

17.3%

20.7%

15.1%

19.6%

1 location only

15.9%

13.0%

17.6%

17.2%

16.7%

13.0%

15.3%

17.2%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

20.9%

17.9%

17.6%

*

25.3%

19.8%

21.7%

16.8%

22.9%

25-49%

23.9%

11.4%

23.0%

22.1%

20.5%

29.6%

18.2%

26.1%

50-74%

20.2%

12.8%

20.7%

19.6%

18.9%

23.4%

16.4%

21.9%

75% or more

17.6%

13.3%

16.7%

15.6%

16.7%

19.8%

15.0%

18.6%

Union presence

No union employees

18.9%

13.5%

17.7%

16.8%

18.0%

23.0%

15.5%

20.8%

Has union employees

12.9%

7.2%

*

9.3%

12.0%

12.7%

13.5%

12.9%

12.9%

Unknown

19.5%

10.4%

15.5%

*

15.8%

15.8%

20.6%

10.8%

20.3%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

21.8%

16.0%

23.2%

22.1%

17.8%

31.7%

20.3%

22.9%

Less than 50% low wage

16.2%

13.2%

17.1%

15.9%

16.6%

17.4%

15.0%

17.0%

Unknown

22.0%

11.5%

*

18.3%

20.4%

21.1%

22.2%

17.0%

22.1%

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.

Table I.C.3(1999) Standard error for percent of total premiums contributed by employees enrolled in single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 1999

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United States

0.33%

0.94%

0.90%

0.35%

0.67%

0.65%

0.52%

0.42%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

1.82%

2.96%

3.26%

3.98%

2.68%

*

7.17%

*

2.16%

3.63%

Mining

3.68%

3.07%

*

6.27%

*

2.78%

*

4.77%

*

4.88%

3.20%

3.96%

Construction

1.02%

2.48%

1.44%

2.18%

2.38%

1.75%

1.32%

1.47%

Manufacturing

0.58%

3.19%

*

3.37%

2.33%

1.40%

0.92%

1.59%

0.70%

Transp., commu., util.

1.26%

2.43%

5.45%

*

2.23%

2.68%

1.54%

1.83%

1.30%

Wholesale trade

0.72%

2.06%

2.46%

2.32%

1.83%

1.03%

1.94%

1.00%

Retail trade

1.08%

2.95%

1.82%

1.76%

2.81%

1.34%

1.90%

1.14%

Fin., ins., real est.

0.86%

2.25%

2.42%

4.55%

2.45%

1.25%

1.92%

1.07%

Services

0.54%

0.72%

1.37%

0.77%

0.85%

1.09%

0.66%

0.73%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.44%

0.64%

1.11%

0.61%

0.82%

0.62%

0.68%

0.53%

For profit, unincorporated

1.70%

2.77%

1.79%

1.82%

1.96%

1.52%

2.24%

1.25%

Nonprofit

0.56%

1.58%

1.80%

1.52%

0.70%

1.18%

0.87%

0.62%

Unknown

1.98%

4.99%

20.29%

*

6.81%

*

3.51%

1.98%

14.59%

1.95%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.41%

1.16%

2.87%

2.22%

3.35%

3.37%

1.09%

2.29%

5-9 years

0.79%

1.10%

1.90%

1.70%

2.27%

1.67%

1.05%

1.40%

10-19 years

0.86%

2.45%

1.61%

0.80%

1.44%

1.40%

1.19%

0.95%

20 or more years

0.32%

1.02%

1.18%

0.61%

0.68%

0.65%

0.65%

0.44%

Unknown

1.10%

5.80%

6.70%

4.07%

*

1.95%

1.16%

5.78%

*

1.09%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.50%

4.03%

1.88%

1.56%

0.54%

0.65%

1.20%

0.48%

1 location only

0.30%

0.91%

0.90%

0.39%

1.40%

1.77%

0.55%

0.65%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

1.71%

4.16%

6.50%

*

4.70%

2.99%

3.20%

2.99%

2.24%

25-49%

0.85%

2.86%

3.24%

2.56%

2.08%

1.03%

1.97%

0.85%

50-74%

0.96%

1.86%

3.38%

1.66%

1.67%

1.55%

1.78%

1.12%

75% or more

0.45%

1.14%

0.84%

0.45%

0.72%

0.83%

0.60%

0.51%

Union presence

No union employees

0.33%

1.01%

0.90%

0.48%

0.80%

0.79%

0.52%

0.52%

Has union employees

0.62%

2.84%

*

1.55%

1.45%

1.59%

0.73%

1.99%

0.70%

Unknown

1.14%

2.90%

4.91%

*

4.18%

1.92%

1.37%

2.58%

1.13%

Percent low wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.28%

2.15%

3.60%

2.74%

2.14%

2.47%

1.66%

1.55%

Less than 50% low wage

0.26%

0.95%

0.87%

0.37%

0.67%

0.61%

0.52%

0.46%

Unknown

0.95%

4.11%

*

4.73%

4.15%

2.24%

1.10%

2.86%

1.01%

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.