Table I.C.3(2000) 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, 2000

 

Less than 10employees

10 - 24
employees

25 - 99
employees

100-999
employees

1000 or more
employees

Less than 50
employees

50 or more
employees

Characteristics

Total

 

United States

16.9%

13.2%

13.7%

17.3%

17.2%

18.2%

14.6%

17.8%

 

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

16.5%

20.4%

6.5%

*

8.8%

*

16.6%

*

24.7%

13.7%

18.8%

Mining and manufacturing

16.8%

22.6%

15.1%

17.1%

18.6%

15.5%

18.5%

16.4%

Construction

16.2%

9.0%

*

18.7%

19.0%

20.2%

11.2%

15.8%

16.8%

Utilities and transp.

12.7%

21.0%

13.7%

*

18.9%

15.5%

10.5%

18.7%

11.8%

Wholesale trade

14.1%

7.7%

11.4%

15.1%

17.3%

14.9%

11.2%

15.8%

Fin. svs. and real est.

17.7%

14.5%

8.2%

11.5%

15.1%

20.4%

11.6%

19.0%

Retail trade

20.2%

18.1%

18.0%

25.0%

22.4%

19.0%

19.8%

20.4%

Professional services

14.2%

10.1%

11.3%

14.7%

14.6%

16.1%

11.1%

15.6%

Other Services

20.2%

15.5%

14.1%

18.2%

17.3%

24.6%

16.1%

21.6%

 

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

17.6%

14.1%

14.9%

18.4%

18.7%

18.2%

15.8%

18.3%

For profit, unincorporated

16.6%

11.8%

12.9%

19.3%

18.2%

24.5%

12.7%

21.5%

Nonprofit

12.4%

11.8%

7.0%

9.6%

12.8%

14.7%

9.8%

13.2%

Unknown

20.7%

*****

15.9%

*

14.0%

17.2%

21.1%

15.9%

*

20.7%

 

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

16.0%

14.1%

13.1%

19.2%

20.2%

19.5%

14.8%

19.0%

5-9 years

16.5%

14.0%

11.1%

23.3%

17.7%

15.5%

14.5%

18.9%

10-19 years

17.7%

12.8%

19.3%

17.5%

19.7%

19.1%

16.1%

19.0%

20 or more years

15.7%

12.5%

11.6%

15.9%

16.5%

16.6%

13.5%

16.4%

Unknown

19.5%

*****

6.6%

*

18.2%

16.4%

19.6%

23.8%

19.5%

 

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

18.0%

13.4%

16.9%

18.4%

17.2%

18.3%

17.9%

18.0%

1 location only

15.1%

13.2%

13.4%

16.8%

17.4%

15.6%

14.2%

16.7%

 

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

21.8%

17.2%

26.3%

20.5%

18.3%

24.2%

21.4%

22.0%

25-49%

19.2%

14.8%

15.5%

23.2%

22.4%

18.1%

17.5%

19.6%

50-74%

16.7%

15.2%

15.8%

16.6%

15.1%

18.1%

16.0%

17.0%

75% or more

16.8%

12.7%

13.2%

16.9%

17.3%

18.2%

14.2%

17.7%

 

Union presence

No union employees

17.7%

13.9%

13.9%

17.7%

18.1%

19.8%

15.1%

18.9%

Has union employees

11.8%

4.7%

*

8.8%

*

11.1%

11.8%

12.5%

7.1%

12.4%

Unknown

20.9%

3.6%

*

22.5%

*

19.4%

13.5%

*

21.8%

13.6%

21.4%

 

Percent low wage employees **

50% or more low wage

20.7%

17.5%

17.6%

21.7%

20.9%

22.5%

20.0%

21.1%

Less than 50% low wage

14.8%

12.7%

12.9%

15.8%

16.0%

15.3%

13.5%

15.7%

Unknown

18.8%

8.1%

14.5%

*

18.2%

17.6%

19.2%

11.1%

19.1%

 

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.C.3(2000) 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, 2000

 

Less than 10employees

10 - 24
employees

25 - 99
employees

100-999
employees

1000 or more
employees

Less than 50
employees

50 or more
employees

Characteristics

Total

 

United States

0.26%

0.88%

0.67%

0.68%

1.05%

0.57%

0.38%

0.37%

 

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

2.63%

5.40%

2.78%

*

6.77%

*

7.68%

*

4.85%

2.16%

4.41%

Mining and manufacturing

0.88%

3.06%

1.81%

2.06%

1.99%

0.71%

2.08%

1.01%

Construction

1.31%

3.31%

*

2.93%

2.67%

3.11%

2.53%

1.43%

2.19%

Utilities and transp.

0.85%

2.92%

4.25%

*

2.75%

1.69%

1.07%

2.68%

0.96%

Wholesale trade

0.72%

1.53%

1.27%

2.42%

1.40%

1.37%

1.04%

1.21%

Fin. svs. and real est.

0.96%

1.89%

1.54%

1.95%

1.93%

1.30%

1.00%

1.13%

Retail trade

1.25%

2.21%

1.70%

1.25%

2.17%

1.92%

1.00%

1.47%

Professional services

0.44%

1.01%

1.56%

0.83%

0.86%

0.62%

0.86%

0.41%

Other Services

0.79%

2.08%

1.90%

1.80%

1.45%

1.16%

0.65%

1.00%

 

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.32%

1.33%

0.72%

0.80%

1.35%

0.57%

0.54%

0.43%

For profit, unincorporated

1.15%

1.51%

2.11%

2.34%

2.36%

1.26%

1.57%

1.50%

Nonprofit

0.41%

1.44%

1.98%

1.48%

1.10%

0.53%

0.84%

0.48%

Unknown

1.33%

*****

5.02%

*

4.00%

2.56%

1.64%

5.02%

*

1.33%

 

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.04%

2.41%

2.03%

2.01%

2.22%

2.08%

1.62%

2.02%

5-9 years

1.20%

1.58%

2.05%

3.45%

2.20%

2.13%

1.33%

1.63%

10-19 years

0.54%

1.49%

1.47%

1.50%

1.40%

0.99%

0.95%

0.66%

20 or more years

0.26%

1.02%

0.88%

1.06%

1.03%

0.60%

0.73%

0.37%

Unknown

0.78%

*****

2.86%

*

3.88%

2.16%

0.81%

5.57%

0.79%

 

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.44%

3.21%

2.46%

1.38%

1.29%

0.57%

1.64%

0.43%

1 location only

0.29%

0.88%

0.70%

0.75%

0.90%

1.41%

0.44%

0.27%

 

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

1.40%

4.85%

6.63%

3.19%

3.15%

1.42%

3.32%

1.21%

25-49%

1.19%

2.45%

3.57%

2.20%

2.38%

1.61%

1.49%

1.65%

50-74%

0.97%

2.18%

1.65%

1.59%

1.30%

1.86%

1.27%

1.13%

75% or more

0.29%

0.99%

0.90%

0.81%

1.29%

0.56%

0.43%

0.42%

 

Union presence

No union employees

0.26%

0.91%

0.73%

0.70%

1.14%

0.62%

0.42%

0.44%

Has union employees

0.60%

2.55%

*

4.13%

*

2.10%

1.01%

0.79%

1.73%

0.65%

Unknown

0.93%

1.89%

*

7.14%

*

4.66%

4.13%

*

0.98%

3.13%

1.02%

 

Percent low wage employees **

50% or more low wage

0.42%

1.78%

1.46%

1.54%

1.44%

1.51%

1.34%

0.86%

Less than 50% low wage

0.37%

0.91%

0.64%

0.58%

1.15%

0.81%

0.33%

0.60%

Unknown

0.76%

1.81%

9.79%

*

4.07%

2.23%

0.84%

1.65%

0.83%

 

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.