Table 1

Table I.C.2.c(2001) Average total employee contribution (in dollars) for any-provider plans per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2001

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

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United States	488.54		312.14	410.39	495.84	690.68	491.67	357.41		544.45

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	300.04	*						356.98		205.97	*
Mining and manufacturing	452.70							437.95		455.08
Construction	569.48							317.91	*	880.93
Utilities and transp.	292.29	*						542.62	*	267.48	*
Wholesale trade	250.78							130.53	*	370.16
Fin. svs. and real est.	488.34							174.68		547.81
Retail trade	585.39			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.				443.74		639.59
Professional services	419.37							323.19	*	477.02
Other Services	650.42							483.82		738.88

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	492.45							322.28		557.98
For profit, unincorporated	441.76							407.92		494.46	*
Nonprofit	488.21							473.48		495.51
Unknown	514.09							*****		514.09

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	763.14	*						301.35		1,649.28
5-9 years	495.35							356.09		675.17
10-19 years	430.28							393.33		491.40
20 or more years	449.88							352.56		494.27
Unknown	553.03							448.27	*	553.25

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	525.82							374.04		531.02
1 location only	429.91							356.20		616.61

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	673.99							201.13	*	826.66
25-49%	511.90							580.78	*	478.70
50-74%	468.38							480.03		462.79
75% or more	481.02							329.24		544.91

Union presence
No union employees	513.72							357.54		606.28
Has union employees	350.84							385.95	*	348.22
Unknown	645.27							85.56	*	664.76

Percent low wage employees **
50% or more low wage	624.81							443.75		795.50
Less than 50% low wage	439.26							327.60		526.83
Unknown	504.11							459.83		504.91

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2001 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 IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.
***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.

Table I.C.2.c(2001) Standard error for average total employee contribution (in dollars) for any-provider plans per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2001

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

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United States	25.44		58.59	46.85	60.75	95.04	36.29	35.34		27.77

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	94.74	*						100.63		89.93	*
Mining and manufacturing	52.15							86.97		52.02
Construction	128.06							103.43	*	204.70
Utilities and transp.	140.71	*						308.26	*	98.18	*
Wholesale trade	43.07							48.16	*	48.66
Fin. svs. and real est.	51.94							52.15		62.81
Retail trade	86.18							47.67		105.77
Professional services	48.58							128.79	*	45.25
Other Services	69.06							101.11		111.16

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	25.04							30.51		32.55
For profit, unincorporated	103.74							66.47		191.88	*
Nonprofit	94.25							141.03		137.37
Unknown	88.46							*****		88.46

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	236.65	*						87.90		450.95
5-9 years	73.92							66.35		146.60
10-19 years	34.25							78.15		79.64
20 or more years	23.04							38.81		28.05
Unknown	52.32							141.38	*	52.32

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	29.17							71.26		30.32
1 location only	42.10							36.62		111.80

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	82.56							102.16	*	110.07
25-49%	74.14							262.75	*	50.53
50-74%	63.29							54.07		84.32
75% or more	32.80							42.37		32.98

Union presence
No union employees	34.41							33.38		37.52
Has union employees	63.16							140.18	*	68.14
Unknown	54.17							30.98	*	56.54

Percent low wage employees **
50% or more low wage	93.34							49.22		136.84
Less than 50% low wage	34.56							43.65		59.84
Unknown	46.52							116.87		47.64

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2001 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 IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.
***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.