Table I.B.2(2000) Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics:
United States, 2000

 

Characteristics

Total

Less than 10
employees

10 - 24
employees

25 - 99
employees

100-999
employees

1000 or more
employees

Less than 50
employees

50 or more
employees

 

United States

89.4%

53.2%

75.2%

88.4%

97.3%

99.4%

67.8%

98.1%

 

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

68.1%

29.3%

60.7%

86.8%

97.5%

98.4%

47.4%

96.3%

Mining and manufacturing

97.3%

71.0%

87.1%

94.9%

98.9%

99.8%

86.3%

99.2%

Construction

79.4%

48.2%

84.4%

91.3%

94.6%

100.0%

69.5%

95.3%

Utilities and transp.

93.0%

75.7%

72.3%

87.7%

99.6%

96.1%

76.8%

96.3%

Wholesale trade

93.5%

65.1%

85.9%

95.6%

99.6%

100.0%

81.0%

99.2%

Fin. svs. and real est.

95.7%

62.7%

92.9%

98.3%

99.0%

99.5%

77.3%

99.4%

Retail trade

90.0%

47.1%

76.7%

92.9%

98.3%

99.7%

66.3%

99.2%

Professional services

91.5%

62.0%

83.0%

94.1%

99.0%

99.6%

73.5%

99.1%

Other Services

81.1%

42.1%

56.7%

76.4%

93.8%

99.3%

54.3%

95.4%

Unknown

12.5%

*

13.3%

*

*****

*****

*****

*****

12.5%

*

*****

 

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

91.7%

59.3%

79.5%

89.1%

97.0%

99.3%

74.1%

98.0%

For profit, unincorporated

65.0%

42.2%

50.0%

77.0%

97.1%

99.5%

47.0%

96.4%

Nonprofit

90.8%

53.8%

78.4%

91.4%

98.6%

99.9%

68.7%

98.8%

Unknown

99.4%

0.6%

*

63.1%

*

96.8%

99.7%

100.0%

4.0%

*

100.0%

 

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

64.8%

47.4%

66.2%

75.3%

93.0%

96.2%

55.4%

91.7%

5-9 years

73.2%

45.6%

69.9%

82.1%

92.8%

98.4%

59.8%

92.7%

10-19 years

82.3%

56.0%

72.7%

86.4%

96.0%

99.6%

68.3%

95.6%

20 or more years

93.5%

60.1%

83.0%

93.2%

98.9%

99.0%

77.1%

98.6%

Unknown

99.5%

*****

15.2%

*

93.8%

94.4%

99.8%

80.6%

99.6%

 

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

98.6%

78.3%

83.2%

94.5%

97.9%

99.4%

88.6%

98.9%

1 location only

74.9%

52.8%

74.5%

86.6%

96.4%

99.5%

66.1%

94.1%

 

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

62.5%

17.8%

35.0%

63.7%

91.6%

97.3%

30.6%

92.7%

25-49%

84.8%

45.7%

60.9%

78.6%

97.0%

100.0%

57.2%

97.1%

50-74%

85.8%

50.2%

70.5%

83.3%

97.8%

99.9%

61.7%

98.3%

75% or more

93.0%

62.7%

84.1%

93.6%

97.7%

99.4%

77.2%

98.5%

 

Union presence

No union employees

87.6%

52.9%

75.3%

88.5%

97.6%

99.5%

67.6%

98.0%

Has union employees

98.3%

81.3%

87.1%

96.4%

99.3%

99.2%

87.2%

99.2%

Unknown

89.2%

27.3%

49.4%

48.7%

78.8%

99.2%

37.9%

95.6%

 

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

74.2%

32.9%

52.5%

78.2%

95.8%

97.6%

48.7%

94.3%

Less than 50% low wage

91.5%

65.9%

88.8%

95.0%

98.8%

99.2%

79.9%

98.6%

Unknown

97.2%

42.3%

33.3%

78.6%

93.1%

99.8%

48.7%

99.3%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 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.B.2(2000) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected
characteristics: United States, 2000

 

Characteristics

Total

Less than 10
employees

10 - 24
employees

25 - 99
employees

100-999
employees

1000 or more
employees

Less than 50
employees

50 or more
employees

 

United States

0.33%

1.29%

0.89%

0.68%

0.34%

0.36%

0.69%

0.23%

 

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

4.09%

3.31%

5.37%

3.24%

1.02%

8.09%

2.53%

4.92%

Mining and manufacturing

0.28%

3.81%

3.31%

0.85%

0.71%

0.13%

1.27%

0.22%

Construction

0.75%

2.56%

2.09%

1.69%

1.90%

0.01%

0.92%

1.20%

Utilities and transp.

1.47%

8.28%

4.26%

2.90%

0.42%

1.99%

3.66%

1.71%

Wholesale trade

0.85%

3.51%

2.99%

1.53%

0.40%

0.05%

2.17%

0.48%

Fin. svs. and real est.

0.51%

3.11%

2.87%

0.75%

0.66%

0.60%

2.00%

0.46%

Retail trade

0.41%

1.23%

1.77%

1.26%

0.61%

0.11%

0.64%

0.14%

Professional services

0.53%

2.75%

1.43%

1.47%

0.30%

0.22%

1.28%

0.29%

Other Services

1.00%

1.41%

2.43%

2.58%

1.12%

0.46%

1.89%

0.47%

Unknown

5.33%

*

5.47%

*

*****

*****

*****

*****

5.33%

*

*****

 

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.36%

1.33%

0.95%

0.64%

0.46%

0.46%

0.65%

0.29%

For profit, unincorporated

0.99%

2.83%

3.50%

3.13%

0.78%

0.40%

1.96%

0.63%

Nonprofit

0.64%

1.75%

2.55%

1.75%

0.54%

0.06%

1.51%

0.33%

Unknown

0.10%

0.61%

*

19.60%

*

22.84%

0.17%

0.00%

2.24%

*

0.03%

 

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.56%

2.98%

3.11%

2.78%

2.45%

3.53%

1.67%

1.27%

5-9 years

1.22%

2.09%

2.60%

1.74%

2.24%

1.25%

1.22%

2.22%

10-19 years

0.69%

2.40%

2.69%

1.50%

1.30%

0.23%

1.53%

0.67%

20 or more years

0.36%

1.59%

0.96%

0.34%

0.30%

0.77%

0.56%

0.39%

Unknown

0.13%

*****

10.41%

*

2.94%

2.05%

0.11%

10.50%

0.11%

 

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.33%

5.93%

2.78%

0.98%

0.25%

0.36%

1.88%

0.28%

1 location only

0.46%

1.35%

1.05%

0.85%

0.86%

0.30%

0.67%

0.70%

 

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

1.97%

1.97%

5.00%

4.15%

2.11%

1.67%

2.97%

1.69%

25-49%

0.95%

3.42%

3.44%

3.41%

0.88%

0.04%

2.12%

0.60%

50-74%

0.75%

3.26%

2.16%

1.66%

0.67%

0.10%

2.22%

0.33%

75% or more

0.27%

1.13%

1.13%

0.39%

0.36%

0.40%

0.48%

0.25%

 

Union presence

No union employees

0.33%

1.14%

0.97%

0.64%

0.43%

0.25%

0.68%

0.23%

Has union employees

0.59%

4.97%

3.40%

1.30%

0.42%

0.81%

1.26%

0.63%

Unknown

1.91%

5.49%

10.54%

10.56%

8.94%

0.68%

5.15%

1.46%

 

Percent low-wage employees **

50% or more low wage

0.73%

1.43%

1.49%

1.58%

0.90%

1.09%

1.52%

0.70%

Less than 50% low wage

0.28%

1.33%

0.75%

0.36%

0.40%

0.63%

0.40%

0.29%

Unknown

0.22%

7.11%

5.51%

4.97%

1.23%

0.09%

5.90%

0.14%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 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.