Table I.A.2.b(2002) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2002
 
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

45.0%

71.4%

55.7%

39.7%

23.3%

10.9%

64.3%

17.4%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

76.0%

83.5%

62.2%

57.6%

35.8%

 *

33.2%

 *

80.2%

37.0%
Mining and manufacturing

44.6%

69.2%

55.7%

32.3%

26.7%

13.8%

58.1%

22.3%
Construction

62.1%

69.9%

55.3%

53.7%

42.1%

16.2%

 *

64.2%

43.8%
Utilities and transp.

43.5%

66.8%

56.0%

42.3%

28.7%

18.7%

60.9%

24.6%
Wholesale trade

47.6%

67.7%

60.0%

35.7%

18.0%

17.3%

62.5%

20.5%
Fin. svs. and real estate

37.9%

78.4%

58.6%

39.0%

21.2%

7.8%

71.4%

12.5%
Retail trade

29.9%

61.1%

52.3%

31.7%

13.7%

5.5%

54.9%

9.1%
Professional services

57.6%

76.1%

60.9%

46.7%

25.8%

27.5%

70.5%

29.5%
Other services

39.8%

68.0%

49.5%

38.0%

26.8%

5.9%

60.1%

15.2%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

43.1%

71.7%

55.1%

37.5%

22.4%

10.9%

63.3%

16.5%
For profit, unincorporated

58.0%

69.7%

52.2%

41.7%

24.4%

5.3%

 *

66.0%

19.0%
Nonprofit

54.0%

73.5%

62.8%

51.4%

27.8%

22.7%

68.5%

30.3%
Unknown

9.1%

20.6%

 *

100.0%

 *

14.6%

 *

11.5%

 *

8.4%

27.6%

 *

8.7%

 *
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

61.3%

71.6%

55.3%

36.9%

22.1%

4.8%

 *

66.8%

20.8%
5-9 years

57.5%

69.4%

50.6%

35.9%

28.1%

14.3%

 *

63.0%

24.1%
10-19 years

54.2%

69.1%

50.4%

40.1%

21.1%

5.6%

 *

62.0%

20.7%
20 or more years

45.7%

73.8%

59.8%

40.5%

23.3%

15.1%

65.6%

21.1%
Unknown

8.9%

43.2%

 *

100.0%

 *

44.8%

24.5%

7.3%

21.4%

 *

8.9%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

18.9%

72.3%

54.1%

36.5%

21.9%

10.5%

50.8%

15.2%
1 location only

63.3%

71.4%

55.9%

41.7%

33.2%

57.4%

65.3%

36.8%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

45.7%

81.7%

62.6%

41.3%

27.7%

4.6%

 *

71.5%

16.1%
25-49 %

32.0%

67.5%

48.9%

31.0%

18.8%

4.4%

 *

58.2%

9.7%
50-74 %

47.0%

71.1%

56.6%

39.4%

22.2%

10.0%

65.5%

16.9%
75% or more

46.0%

71.3%

55.8%

40.6%

23.6%

12.5%

64.1%

18.7%
 
Union presence
No union employees

46.5%

71.2%

54.9%

38.6%

22.6%

6.7%

63.9%

15.9%
Has union employees

40.8%

74.9%

73.7%

57.6%

41.0%

25.9%

71.8%

29.4%
Unknown

22.6%

78.5%

51.8%

35.7%

 *

4.7%

 *

12.1%

69.0%

12.1%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

41.5%

68.9%

50.7%

33.6%

20.1%

4.5%

 *

60.5%

15.2%
Less than 50% low wage

54.8%

72.0%

56.8%

42.0%

25.5%

13.3%

65.2%

24.1%
Unknown

17.7%

73.0%

59.7%

38.8%

21.9%

11.4%

67.0%

12.5%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 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.

 

Table I.A.2.b(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2002
 
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

0.48%

0.92%

1.57%

1.18%

1.03%

0.46%

0.78%

0.36%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

2.49%

3.40%

12.85%

12.46%

13.52%

 *

13.62%

 *

2.67%

6.67%
Mining and manufacturing

2.95%

5.05%

4.97%

2.89%

3.66%

2.31%

3.55%

1.84%
Construction

1.64%

2.33%

3.17%

2.14%

6.58%

7.21%

 *

1.50%

4.50%
Utilities and transp.

2.98%

4.32%

7.14%

6.98%

6.98%

5.04%

3.52%

3.93%
Wholesale trade

1.98%

3.51%

5.05%

3.30%

2.38%

4.26%

3.07%

2.15%
Fin. svs. and real estate

1.62%

2.39%

4.84%

4.83%

2.97%

1.53%

1.63%

1.49%
Retail trade

1.50%

2.61%

3.59%

3.25%

1.68%

0.95%

2.30%

0.82%
Professional services

0.86%

1.24%

2.52%

2.51%

1.96%

2.58%

0.86%

1.54%
Other services

0.99%

1.94%

3.26%

3.44%

2.15%

0.86%

1.43%

0.53%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.60%

1.00%

1.78%

1.28%

1.25%

0.42%

0.96%

0.39%
For profit, unincorporated

0.67%

1.03%

3.44%

2.81%

4.27%

2.54%

 *

0.61%

2.16%
Nonprofit

1.42%

2.35%

3.96%

2.61%

1.49%

3.78%

1.56%

1.40%
Unknown

2.67%

10.48%

 *

31.62%

 *

7.21%

 *

5.92%

 *

2.49%

13.54%

 *

2.61%

 *
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

2.20%

3.54%

4.77%

3.97%

5.80%

1.67%

 *

2.41%

2.07%
5-9 years

1.23%

2.23%

4.08%

3.86%

3.56%

5.57%

 *

1.07%

3.66%
10-19 years

1.27%

1.81%

2.18%

1.98%

2.23%

2.30%

 *

1.49%

1.68%
20 or more years

0.67%

1.51%

2.66%

1.58%

0.87%

0.67%

1.20%

0.50%
Unknown

1.03%

14.92%

 *

31.62%

 *

12.51%

5.40%

1.01%

13.99%

 *

1.02%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.36%

6.49%

3.50%

1.76%

1.17%

0.50%

2.19%

0.38%
1 location only

0.75%

0.91%

1.47%

1.64%

1.16%

8.61%

0.78%

1.72%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

1.13%

4.24%

6.68%

4.13%

5.55%

1.79%

 *

2.55%

1.72%
25-49 %

2.62%

3.96%

5.10%

5.05%

3.21%

1.79%

 *

3.34%

1.91%
50-74 %

1.62%

2.46%

2.80%

2.53%

3.04%

2.16%

1.91%

1.90%
75% or more

0.67%

1.15%

1.83%

1.23%

0.82%

0.90%

0.91%

0.52%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.51%

0.88%

1.42%

1.28%

0.98%

0.63%

0.72%

0.52%
Has union employees

2.68%

6.16%

5.74%

3.85%

5.19%

2.90%

3.41%

2.69%
Unknown

2.21%

6.92%

12.73%

11.57%

 *

1.99%

 *

1.33%

7.02%

1.51%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

1.21%

1.48%

2.96%

3.11%

1.93%

1.72%

 *

1.54%

1.42%
Less than 50% low wage

0.55%

0.89%

1.87%

1.42%

0.93%

1.31%

0.73%

1.02%
Unknown

1.34%

5.35%

6.72%

6.89%

3.78%

0.95%

3.72%

0.79%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 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.