Table I.A.2(2000) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2000 |
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Characteristics |
Total |
Less than 10 |
10 - 24 |
25 - 99 |
100-999 |
1000 or more |
Less than 50 |
50 or more |
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United States |
59.3% |
39.6% |
69.3% |
84.5% |
95.0% |
99.2% |
47.2% |
96.8% |
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Industry group ** |
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Agric., fish., forest. |
30.9% |
24.6% |
59.9% |
77.7% |
87.7% |
99.2% |
29.1% |
87.7% |
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Mining and manufacturing |
77.7% |
55.0% |
83.5% |
93.6% |
99.1% |
99.9% |
68.2% |
98.8% |
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Construction |
47.1% |
35.9% |
75.8% |
86.4% |
90.1% |
99.4% |
44.6% |
92.1% |
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Utilities and transp. |
63.2% |
39.6% |
66.1% |
89.2% |
99.7% |
97.7% |
46.6% |
97.4% |
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Wholesale trade |
71.2% |
52.2% |
83.9% |
95.4% |
97.4% |
99.5% |
62.3% |
98.0% |
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Fin. svs. and real est. |
70.4% |
42.3% |
84.5% |
95.9% |
97.6% |
99.9% |
50.0% |
99.5% |
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Retail trade |
65.3% |
36.9% |
72.3% |
88.5% |
95.4% |
98.8% |
46.7% |
97.5% |
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Professional services |
61.0% |
47.4% |
78.0% |
90.8% |
97.2% |
99.1% |
53.7% |
97.7% |
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Other Services |
50.3% |
31.5% |
48.9% |
70.5% |
90.5% |
99.0% |
37.4% |
93.4% |
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Unknown |
6.4% |
* |
6.6% |
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6.4% |
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Ownership |
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For profit, incorporated |
67.9% |
46.2% |
73.9% |
86.2% |
94.3% |
99.3% |
55.3% |
97.0% |
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For profit, unincorporated |
33.5% |
28.7% |
44.7% |
65.0% |
92.5% |
94.4% |
30.8% |
89.4% |
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Nonprofit |
60.4% |
42.9% |
73.6% |
88.5% |
98.0% |
98.0% |
50.5% |
96.7% |
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Unknown |
90.4% |
1.3% |
* |
28.0% |
* |
95.6% |
96.7% |
100.0% |
1.6% |
* |
99.6% |
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Age of firm |
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Less than 5 years |
36.8% |
31.0% |
57.0% |
63.3% |
88.5% |
95.0% |
34.9% |
87.6% |
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5-9 years |
46.5% |
37.5% |
61.6% |
78.0% |
94.1% |
94.9% |
42.8% |
91.6% |
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10-19 years |
54.4% |
41.6% |
67.4% |
84.4% |
92.6% |
98.4% |
48.7% |
93.4% |
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20 or more years |
70.5% |
47.3% |
78.9% |
89.9% |
96.5% |
98.8% |
57.9% |
97.0% |
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Unknown |
98.4% |
***** |
38.7% |
* |
88.7% |
92.2% |
99.9% |
59.0% |
99.2% |
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Multi/single status |
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2 or more locations |
95.1% |
69.4% |
75.1% |
90.0% |
95.4% |
99.2% |
78.8% |
97.7% |
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1 location only |
47.1% |
39.2% |
68.5% |
81.1% |
91.5% |
92.6% |
45.7% |
89.3% |
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Percent full-time employees |
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Less than 25% |
21.2% |
9.4% |
22.7% |
52.8% |
81.3% |
93.3% |
12.7% |
84.5% |
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25-49% |
61.8% |
36.3% |
55.2% |
73.5% |
95.7% |
99.9% |
43.4% |
96.3% |
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50-74% |
57.3% |
40.4% |
64.6% |
80.2% |
95.9% |
99.2% |
46.3% |
97.0% |
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75% or more |
66.9% |
47.4% |
78.9% |
91.3% |
96.4% |
99.5% |
55.9% |
98.0% |
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Union presence |
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No union employees |
58.4% |
39.9% |
69.3% |
84.9% |
95.7% |
99.1% |
47.4% |
96.8% |
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Has union employees |
88.4% |
62.6% |
81.7% |
92.5% |
98.4% |
99.8% |
71.5% |
99.3% |
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Unknown |
46.2% |
17.3% |
39.2% |
36.6% |
55.5% |
99.6% |
20.2% |
91.5% |
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Percent low-wage employees ** |
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50% or more low wage |
42.5% |
25.4% |
46.3% |
73.5% |
94.2% |
96.4% |
31.4% |
92.7% |
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Less than 50% low wage |
64.7% |
50.2% |
83.4% |
92.4% |
96.9% |
99.4% |
58.7% |
97.4% |
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Unknown |
78.6% |
18.3% |
31.5% |
72.7% |
89.9% |
99.8% |
22.9% |
98.8% |
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Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component. |
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Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix. |
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*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision. |
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** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix |
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***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell. |
Table I.A.2(2000) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2000 |
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Characteristics |
Total |
Less than 10 |
10 - 24 |
25 - 99 |
100-999 |
1000 or more |
Less than 50 |
50 or more |
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United States |
0.43% |
0.53% |
0.80% |
0.67% |
0.59% |
0.25% |
0.44% |
0.30% |
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Industry group ** |
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Agric., fish., forest. |
2.23% |
2.54% |
5.41% |
5.12% |
5.82% |
2.01% |
2.23% |
3.69% |
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Mining and manufacturing |
1.57% |
3.32% |
3.63% |
1.35% |
0.39% |
0.11% |
2.10% |
0.29% |
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Construction |
0.80% |
1.00% |
2.32% |
1.40% |
3.68% |
1.12% |
0.68% |
2.21% |
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Utilities and transp. |
1.87% |
2.90% |
4.44% |
3.11% |
0.23% |
1.37% |
2.05% |
0.79% |
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Wholesale trade |
2.15% |
3.66% |
2.83% |
1.51% |
1.16% |
0.46% |
2.75% |
0.85% |
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Fin. svs. and real est. |
0.87% |
1.83% |
3.06% |
2.70% |
1.45% |
0.05% |
1.20% |
0.23% |
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Retail trade |
0.71% |
1.46% |
1.84% |
1.65% |
1.02% |
0.45% |
0.91% |
0.40% |
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Professional services |
0.98% |
1.38% |
1.45% |
1.74% |
1.23% |
0.33% |
1.08% |
0.42% |
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Other Services |
1.00% |
1.11% |
2.41% |
1.97% |
1.45% |
0.43% |
1.12% |
0.68% |
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Unknown |
2.59% |
* |
2.62% |
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***** |
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***** |
***** |
2.59% |
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Ownership |
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For profit, incorporated |
0.51% |
0.71% |
0.83% |
0.52% |
0.81% |
0.25% |
0.56% |
0.33% |
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For profit, unincorporated |
0.72% |
0.86% |
3.09% |
2.82% |
2.38% |
2.62% |
0.79% |
1.64% |
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Nonprofit |
1.39% |
1.79% |
2.83% |
2.87% |
0.66% |
1.68% |
1.72% |
0.85% |
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Unknown |
1.32% |
0.94% |
* |
13.60% |
* |
22.55% |
1.18% |
0.00% |
1.06% |
* |
0.30% |
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Age of firm |
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Less than 5 years |
1.21% |
1.24% |
2.61% |
3.35% |
2.75% |
1.69% |
1.21% |
1.53% |
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5-9 years |
0.87% |
1.41% |
2.93% |
1.99% |
2.00% |
1.76% |
1.05% |
1.39% |
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10-19 years |
0.33% |
0.82% |
2.17% |
1.28% |
1.18% |
0.56% |
0.43% |
0.55% |
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20 or more years |
0.58% |
0.93% |
0.84% |
0.60% |
0.57% |
0.50% |
0.62% |
0.46% |
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Unknown |
0.35% |
***** |
13.27% |
* |
5.84% |
2.28% |
0.07% |
9.59% |
0.20% |
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Multi/single status |
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2 or more locations |
0.50% |
5.97% |
3.02% |
1.56% |
0.71% |
0.25% |
2.42% |
0.32% |
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1 location only |
0.52% |
0.59% |
0.99% |
0.87% |
1.23% |
3.46% |
0.53% |
0.85% |
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Percent full-time employees |
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Less than 25% |
0.78% |
0.65% |
2.97% |
4.68% |
3.98% |
3.80% |
0.70% |
2.98% |
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25-49% |
1.61% |
3.05% |
3.92% |
3.15% |
1.51% |
0.14% |
2.18% |
0.62% |
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50-74% |
1.34% |
1.66% |
2.66% |
1.67% |
1.07% |
0.27% |
1.55% |
0.47% |
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75% or more |
0.37% |
0.52% |
1.33% |
0.92% |
0.28% |
0.20% |
0.41% |
0.20% |
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Union presence |
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No union employees |
0.39% |
0.42% |
0.83% |
0.64% |
0.62% |
0.32% |
0.36% |
0.37% |
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Has union employees |
1.05% |
5.14% |
4.69% |
1.79% |
0.82% |
0.13% |
2.82% |
0.17% |
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Unknown |
2.76% |
3.13% |
7.78% |
10.92% |
6.55% |
0.17% |
2.71% |
2.34% |
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Percent low-wage employees ** |
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50% or more low wage |
0.87% |
0.88% |
1.62% |
1.79% |
1.11% |
1.25% |
0.90% |
0.91% |
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Less than 50% low wage |
0.61% |
0.77% |
1.01% |
0.91% |
0.55% |
0.24% |
0.57% |
0.32% |
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Unknown |
0.90% |
2.02% |
3.95% |
5.17% |
2.36% |
0.12% |
2.05% |
0.21% |
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Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component. |
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Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix. |
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*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision. |
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** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix |
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***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell. |