United States

18.6%

18.4%

22.2%

25.8%

22.5%

16.4%

21.2%

17.9%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

29.4%

*

30.1%

*

23.0%

Mining and manufacturing

15.7%

16.7%

15.6%

Construction

13.7%

22.6%

7.6%

Utilities and transp.

12.3%

25.6%

8.9%

Wholesale trade

18.7%

23.9%

*

17.1%

Fin. svs. and real est.

20.1%

11.7%

21.4%

Retail trade

17.9%

These cell estimates have been suppressed because the size of their standard errors makes them extremely unreliable. Column or row estimates should be used in place of these estimates.

31.1%

14.6%

Professional services

23.0%

22.6%

23.1%

Other Services

19.7%

13.1%

*

23.2%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

17.9%

22.0%

16.9%

For profit, unincorporated

23.3%

22.2%

24.2%

Nonprofit

19.0%

15.3%

*

20.2%

Unknown

21.1%

*****

21.1%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

22.2%

24.8%

18.3%

*

5-9 years

21.7%

18.8%

27.7%

10-19 years

22.4%

22.5%

22.2%

20 or more years

17.2%

20.5%

16.1%

Unknown

18.9%

*****

18.9%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

17.3%

17.6%

*

17.3%

1 location only

22.0%

21.6%

23.2%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

18.7%

16.0%

*

21.3%

25-49%

16.7%

12.4%

*

18.8%

50-74%

17.7%

19.7%

17.2%

75% or more

18.7%

21.8%

17.9%

Union presence

No union employees

21.4%

21.2%

21.4%

Has union employees

11.4%

12.8%

*

11.4%

Unknown

21.4%

60.1%

19.7%

Percent low wage employees **

50% or more low wage

27.0%

20.3%

33.7%

Less than 50% low wage

19.1%

21.3%

17.7%

Unknown

16.9%

23.3%

*

16.8%

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.

United States

0.43%

3.20%

2.64%

3.17%

2.48%

0.72%

2.00%

0.76%

Industry group **

Agric., fish., forest.

9.94%

*

10.76%

*

5.42%

Mining and manufacturing

1.33%

3.16%

1.43%

Construction

3.23%

4.82%

1.96%

Utilities and transp.

1.87%

6.50%

1.76%

Wholesale trade

3.05%

7.57%

*

2.94%

Fin. svs. and real est.

1.72%

3.27%

1.81%

Retail trade

3.44%

4.19%

2.88%

Professional services

1.67%

3.14%

1.66%

Other Services

3.62%

5.51%

*

4.02%

Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.68%

1.45%

1.03%

For profit, unincorporated

2.78%

3.86%

3.67%

Nonprofit

1.61%

7.30%

*

2.23%

Unknown

1.79%

*****

1.76%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

2.92%

3.08%

6.12%

*

5-9 years

3.03%

3.67%

4.72%

10-19 years

2.37%

4.46%

4.92%

20 or more years

0.68%

2.90%

1.26%

Unknown

0.74%

*****

0.74%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

0.68%

5.33%

*

0.67%

1 location only

0.99%

1.97%

2.79%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

4.55%

10.91%

*

3.18%

25-49%

4.43%

5.05%

*

4.72%

50-74%

2.13%

3.58%

3.00%

75% or more

0.52%

2.38%

0.92%

Union presence

No union employees

0.84%

2.13%

1.32%

Has union employees

1.52%

6.91%

*

1.93%

Unknown

2.80%

15.94%

2.79%

Percent low wage employees **

50% or more low wage

2.04%

2.34%

3.12%

Less than 50% low wage

0.97%

2.09%

2.05%

Unknown

0.89%

7.05%

*

0.87%

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.