Table I.A.2.a(2000) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that self-insure at least one plan by firm size and
selected characteristics: United States, 2000

  

Characteristics

Total

Less than 100
employees

100 - 499
employees

500 or more
employees

Less than 50
employees

50 or more
employees

  

United States

29.7%

10.7%

29.6%

76.3%

10.2%

59.4%

   

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

10.0%

7.9%

*

28.0%

*

60.2%

7.8%

*

32.7%

Mining and manufacturing

25.7%

8.9%

42.3%

74.7%

7.4%

53.7%

Construction

14.9%

13.2%

26.6%

63.7%

12.9%

32.7%

Utilities and transp.

39.1%

9.0%

39.6%

83.9%

8.1%

69.8%

Wholesale trade

25.0%

8.4%

40.6%

77.3%

7.3%

58.6%

Fin. svs. and real est.

46.5%

9.9%

27.8%

85.3%

9.0%

73.2%

Retail trade

39.8%

10.4%

30.1%

76.9%

9.7%

64.6%

Professional services

19.8%

8.1%

30.0%

73.1%

7.8%

53.1%

Other Services

30.1%

15.1%

21.8%

68.5%

15.2%

50.3%

 

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

31.7%

9.6%

31.7%

77.4%

9.0%

61.7%

For profit, unincorporated

15.1%

10.8%

31.6%

68.7%

10.5%

48.1%

Nonprofit

20.8%

16.7%

22.9%

47.8%

17.1%

28.0%

Unknown

78.5%

74.6%

17.8%

*

80.2%

*****

78.6%

 

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

13.6%

11.1%

26.6%

66.6%

11.0%

41.2%

5-9 years

13.7%

10.1%

31.5%

55.1%

10.1%

34.4%

10-19 years

15.3%

8.5%

23.6%

69.2%

8.0%

41.4%

20 or more years

29.8%

11.7%

31.1%

76.0%

11.1%

53.5%

Unknown

77.1%

63.6%

30.7%

78.8%

63.4%

77.2%

 

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

57.6%

13.9%

30.7%

76.4%

12.4%

63.4%

1 location only

10.6%

10.3%

23.0%

47.4%

10.0%

19.1%

 

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

28.5%

12.5%

18.0%

*

65.7%

12.8%

46.2%

25-49%

38.6%

11.6%

22.6%

77.8%

11.4%

61.5%

50-74%

26.7%

12.0%

28.6%

68.2%

11.8%

52.2%

75% or more

29.5%

10.3%

31.9%

78.3%

9.7%

61.4%

Union presence

No union employees

26.4%

9.7%

28.7%

74.3%

9.3%

56.0%

Has union employees

61.5%

34.0%

36.3%

83.4%

34.8%

74.0%

Unknown

65.6%

17.6%

62.2%

86.8%

16.9%

84.3%

 

Percent low wage employees **

50% or more low wage

21.9%

11.0%

24.4%

60.2%

10.9%

38.7%

Less than 50% low wage

18.8%

10.2%

32.8%

75.0%

9.7%

49.0%

Unknown

74.4%

22.6%

35.8%

81.2%

21.0%

78.9%

  

Source: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 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.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix

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

 

 

Table I.A.2.a(2000) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that self-insure at least one plan
by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2000

  

Characteristics

Total

Less than 100
employees

100 - 499
employees

500 or more
employees

Less than 50
employees

50 or more
employees

   

United States

0.50%

0.48%

1.22%

0.89%

0.50%

0.69%

   

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

1.91%

2.39%

*

10.75%

*

12.81%

2.60%

*

6.33%

Mining and manufacturing

1.06%

1.39%

3.78%

3.53%

1.55%

2.10%

Construction

1.64%

1.63%

6.64%

9.11%

1.78%

3.65%

Utilities and transp.

3.05%

2.21%

8.05%

3.74%

2.24%

4.45%

Wholesale trade

1.88%

2.05%

5.80%

3.72%

1.89%

2.40%

Fin. svs. and real est.

2.45%

1.26%

3.80%

2.44%

1.12%

2.52%

Retail trade

1.58%

1.26%

2.82%

1.85%

1.34%

1.53%

Professional services

0.83%

0.65%

3.13%

1.26%

0.65%

1.59%

Other Services

1.15%

0.84%

2.90%

2.48%

0.97%

2.53%

 

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.64%

0.47%

1.35%

1.26%

0.49%

0.85%

For profit, unincorporated

0.61%

0.99%

6.75%

5.42%

1.20%

3.39%

Nonprofit

1.04%

1.24%

1.86%

4.08%

1.27%

1.42%

Unknown

3.65%

21.31%

8.79%

*

3.57%

*****

3.63%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.97%

1.67%

7.40%

7.72%

1.70%

6.37%

5-9 years

1.14%

1.15%

7.49%

6.98%

1.18%

3.93%

10-19 years

1.09%

0.94%

2.38%

3.36%

1.06%

2.84%

20 or more years

0.91%

0.80%

1.39%

1.90%

0.76%

1.43%

Unknown

1.42%

7.88%

5.94%

1.40%

13.51%

1.42%

 

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.68%

1.39%

1.24%

0.89%

1.84%

0.67%

1 location only

0.43%

0.45%

1.68%

4.61%

0.50%

1.21%

 

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

2.56%

2.69%

5.63%

*

3.84%

2.90%

2.97%

25-49%

1.78%

1.01%

3.85%

2.94%

1.22%

2.56%

50-74%

1.62%

1.37%

2.76%

3.41%

1.56%

3.05%

75% or more

0.68%

0.52%

1.70%

1.29%

0.45%

0.92%

 

Union presence

No union employees

0.41%

0.37%

1.17%

0.98%

0.40%

0.64%

Has union employees

2.10%

3.58%

4.78%

1.85%

3.79%

1.68%

Unknown

3.23%

3.40%

14.04%

3.34%

3.38%

2.84%

 

Percent low wage employees **

50% or more low wage

1.09%

1.09%

1.49%

1.86%

1.31%

1.53%

Less than 50% low wage

0.85%

0.63%

1.53%

2.93%

0.64%

2.09%

Unknown

1.31%

3.92%

4.15%

1.18%

3.83%

1.19%

  

Source: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 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.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix

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