Table I.A.2.b.(1)(2002) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer an exclusive-provider 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

15.5%

24.4%

19.2%

14.4%

7.5%

3.7%

22.1%

6.0%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

19.0%

15.9%

35.6%

 *

30.5%

14.6%

 *

18.7%

 *

19.3%

16.3%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

15.0%

24.0%

20.5%

10.2%

6.5%

3.9%

20.2%

6.4%
Construction

23.0%

27.4%

18.3%

18.2%

16.9%

0.5%

 *

23.6%

17.4%
Utilities and transp.

17.7%

29.4%

17.8%

 *

11.6%

 *

6.9%

 *

12.9%

23.9%

10.9%
Wholesale trade

16.6%

27.2%

18.3%

8.9%

6.2%

3.4%

 *

23.0%

5.1%
Fin. svs. and real estate

12.0%

23.4%

20.3%

10.9%

4.4%

4.1%

21.8%

4.5%
Retail trade

10.4%

23.3%

17.9%

12.1%

3.5%

0.8%

 *

20.2%

2.3%
Professional services

19.3%

24.8%

18.9%

17.5%

10.4%

10.5%

22.9%

11.5%
Other services

14.3%

23.5%

19.7%

16.7%

9.5%

0.7%

 *

21.9%

5.0%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

15.0%

25.3%

19.0%

12.9%

6.7%

3.9%

22.1%

5.6%
For profit, unincorporated

19.5%

22.9%

20.1%

15.3%

5.6%

 *

4.0%

 *

22.2%

6.3%
Nonprofit

18.4%

22.5%

19.2%

22.4%

12.4%

6.4%

 *

22.0%

12.6%
Unknown

1.1%

 *

10.2%

 *

100.0%

 *

.

.

0.9%

 *

11.2%

 *

0.8%

 *
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

23.0%

27.2%

19.4%

10.7%

 *

10.7%

 *

3.8%

 *

24.8%

9.3%
5-9 years

20.0%

23.9%

19.3%

10.4%

 *

8.1%

 *

6.7%

 *

21.8%

8.9%
10-19 years

19.8%

24.7%

19.6%

15.5%

6.5%

2.5%

 *

22.5%

8.2%
20 or more years

15.3%

23.7%

18.9%

15.2%

8.0%

5.9%

21.4%

7.7%
Unknown

1.7%

.

.

.

4.2%

 *

1.5%

.

1.7%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

6.0%

22.2%

16.6%

11.2%

6.6%

3.6%

15.3%

4.9%
1 location only

22.1%

24.5%

19.5%

16.4%

14.1%

11.7%

 *

22.6%

15.3%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

14.4%

27.2%

27.6%

10.5%

4.0%

0.3%

 *

24.5%

2.8%

 *
25-49 %

10.9%

24.7%

13.9%

14.3%

5.7%

0.3%

 *

20.5%

2.8%
50-74 %

16.3%

23.2%

20.4%

17.2%

9.9%

3.0%

 *

22.6%

5.9%
75% or more

15.8%

24.6%

19.0%

14.2%

7.6%

4.5%

22.0%

6.6%
 
Union presence
No union employees

15.9%

24.4%

19.0%

14.3%

7.2%

1.6%

22.1%

5.1%
Has union employees

14.1%

23.2%

20.3%

18.4%

14.6%

10.5%

20.7%

11.7%
Unknown

8.8%

28.1%

27.9%

 *

1.8%

 *

1.7%

 *

5.2%

 *

26.2%

4.8%

 *
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

14.7%

24.0%

19.1%

13.9%

6.0%

0.6%

 *

22.0%

4.5%
Less than 50% low wage

19.1%

24.7%

19.0%

14.8%

8.7%

8.0%

22.1%

10.0%
Unknown

4.8%

21.3%

25.9%

 *

8.9%

 *

6.2%

2.8%

21.3%

3.1%
 
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.
. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.
** 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.(1)(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer an exclusive-provider 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

0.38%

0.78%

1.27%

0.95%

0.48%

0.40%

0.53%

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

2.76%

2.88%

11.15%

 *

8.81%

8.25%

 *

7.99%

 *

2.93%

5.16%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

0.98%

2.41%

2.01%

2.03%

1.72%

0.89%

1.32%

1.01%
Construction

1.18%

1.74%

3.20%

2.11%

4.64%

1.62%

 *

1.22%

2.64%
Utilities and transp.

2.55%

4.60%

6.28%

 *

3.74%

 *

4.09%

 *

3.51%

2.89%

3.03%
Wholesale trade

2.52%

3.94%

5.09%

2.39%

1.66%

2.24%

 *

3.58%

1.38%
Fin. svs. and real estate

0.69%

1.77%

5.02%

2.27%

1.03%

0.73%

1.46%

0.51%
Retail trade

0.47%

1.24%

1.78%

2.52%

1.00%

0.30%

 *

0.96%

0.39%
Professional services

1.13%

1.59%

1.68%

1.45%

1.70%

2.90%

1.24%

1.70%
Other services

0.77%

1.66%

2.23%

1.90%

1.03%

0.34%

 *

1.28%

0.35%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.41%

1.07%

1.44%

1.07%

0.79%

0.45%

0.70%

0.51%
For profit, unincorporated

0.79%

1.42%

2.94%

4.39%

1.93%

 *

2.39%

 *

1.04%

1.73%
Nonprofit

1.12%

2.10%

1.96%

1.16%

1.99%

2.15%

 *

1.15%

1.32%
Unknown

0.37%

 *

10.00%

 *

31.62%

 *

.

.

0.38%

 *

13.65%

 *

0.36%

 *
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

2.16%

2.71%

3.79%

3.37%

 *

4.70%

 *

1.26%

 *

2.27%

1.76%
5-9 years

0.79%

1.54%

2.86%

3.33%

 *

2.53%

 *

2.97%

 *

0.64%

2.23%
10-19 years

1.08%

1.59%

1.37%

1.34%

1.24%

2.03%

 *

1.17%

1.25%
20 or more years

0.56%

0.72%

2.42%

0.94%

0.66%

0.77%

0.86%

0.51%
Unknown

0.27%

.

.

.

1.72%

 *

0.28%

.

0.27%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.51%

4.86%

3.52%

1.78%

0.57%

0.44%

1.97%

0.47%
1 location only

0.53%

0.77%

1.04%

1.29%

1.39%

6.27%

 *

0.54%

1.21%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

1.36%

5.07%

8.22%

2.59%

0.97%

0.46%

 *

2.44%

0.94%

 *
25-49 %

1.05%

3.23%

3.46%

2.11%

1.54%

0.13%

 *

2.24%

0.53%
50-74 %

0.80%

1.91%

2.50%

3.33%

2.24%

1.17%

 *

1.20%

1.00%
75% or more

0.58%

1.20%

1.57%

0.97%

0.74%

0.58%

0.80%

0.49%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.35%

0.76%

1.19%

1.04%

0.53%

0.36%

0.44%

0.35%
Has union employees

1.84%

6.29%

5.82%

3.21%

3.43%

1.94%

4.47%

1.67%
Unknown

1.40%

7.85%

10.49%

 *

1.34%

 *

1.05%

 *

1.69%

 *

6.49%

1.45%

 *
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

0.74%

1.13%

1.85%

2.61%

0.99%

0.30%

 *

0.99%

0.45%
Less than 50% low wage

0.56%

0.96%

1.47%

0.94%

0.76%

0.62%

0.70%

0.55%
Unknown

0.69%

3.54%

9.68%

 *

3.19%

 *

1.75%

0.68%

2.09%

0.64%
 
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.
. Data suppressed due to high standard errors or no reported values in cell.
** 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.