Table I.A.2.c(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 family 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

24.8%

42.1%

29.9%

18.6%

8.0%

6.1%

36.7%

7.7%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

48.4%

53.9%

50.6%

22.2%

 *

14.8%

 *

25.2%

 *

51.8%

16.6%
Mining and manufacturing

26.5%

44.1%

35.0%

14.8%

12.4%

9.3%

35.8%

11.3%
Construction

38.6%

44.7%

32.0%

31.2%

31.6%

11.0%

 *

40.1%

26.0%
Utilities and transp.

22.2%

33.7%

29.5%

20.6%

 *

13.6%

 *

10.2%

 *

30.6%

13.1%
Wholesale trade

29.5%

50.7%

33.7%

17.2%

4.5%

 *

2.7%

 *

42.9%

5.3%
Fin. svs. and real estate

16.2%

33.1%

30.9%

10.0%

7.1%

 *

4.4%

31.0%

5.0%
Retail trade

16.7%

41.8%

25.5%

10.4%

6.3%

1.4%

 *

33.3%

2.9%
Professional services

30.2%

41.0%

28.6%

19.1%

6.0%

21.4%

36.9%

15.6%
Other services

22.8%

42.4%

27.9%

23.6%

8.0%

2.3%

36.3%

6.3%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

24.6%

43.5%

30.4%

18.1%

8.9%

6.6%

37.1%

8.1%
For profit, unincorporated

28.9%

36.4%

22.0%

18.3%

7.4%

 *

1.4%

 *

33.8%

5.6%
Nonprofit

27.8%

45.0%

33.1%

20.9%

5.7%

10.2%

39.2%

9.0%
Unknown

3.7%

20.6%

 *

.

45.5%

 *

5.3%

 *

2.6%

 *

23.5%

 *

3.3%

 *
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

33.2%

39.5%

26.9%

20.5%

11.2%

 *

0.2%

 *

36.4%

9.7%
5-9 years

33.5%

41.3%

26.8%

20.5%

12.9%

14.3%

 *

36.8%

13.8%
10-19 years

31.2%

41.9%

28.6%

18.3%

7.0%

3.5%

 *

36.5%

8.2%
20 or more years

24.9%

43.3%

31.7%

18.3%

8.0%

10.1%

37.0%

10.0%
Unknown

2.7%

.

100.0%

 *

19.7%

 *

5.9%

 *

2.3%

2.6%

 *

2.7%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

8.4%

43.3%

21.2%

14.6%

6.9%

5.9%

24.0%

6.6%
1 location only

36.3%

42.0%

30.9%

21.1%

16.1%

29.3%

37.7%

18.0%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

26.9%

49.4%

45.1%

21.6%

12.4%

1.3%

 *

43.8%

7.6%
25-49 %

18.7%

40.0%

33.3%

18.2%

7.7%

1.6%

 *

35.9%

4.0%
50-74 %

26.4%

45.0%

26.1%

19.7%

6.2%

 *

3.2%

 *

39.2%

5.5%
75% or more

25.0%

41.2%

29.5%

18.3%

8.1%

7.6%

35.9%

8.7%
 
Union presence
No union employees

24.9%

41.7%

28.4%

17.0%

7.1%

2.0%

36.0%

5.3%
Has union employees

30.6%

55.1%

59.8%

44.5%

24.2%

19.9%

55.3%

21.5%
Unknown

13.4%

40.9%

33.7%

 *

15.7%

 *

1.4%

 *

8.4%

37.5%

7.9%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

23.4%

40.5%

30.5%

17.9%

7.5%

2.2%

 *

35.5%

6.5%
Less than 50% low wage

30.1%

42.4%

29.5%

18.9%

8.8%

7.5%

36.9%

9.8%
Unknown

9.7%

44.5%

34.8%

18.7%

5.7%

 *

6.5%

40.5%

6.5%
 
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.
. 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.c(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 family 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

0.41%

0.90%

1.18%

1.11%

0.89%

0.68%

0.67%

0.39%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

3.56%

4.38%

12.92%

7.88%

 *

12.17%

 *

11.57%

 *

4.28%

4.32%
Mining and manufacturing

1.65%

4.22%

4.09%

1.06%

2.41%

1.53%

2.29%

0.61%
Construction

1.46%

2.35%

3.31%

4.54%

6.14%

5.86%

 *

1.56%

2.91%
Utilities and transp.

2.96%

5.96%

6.12%

6.35%

 *

4.89%

 *

3.83%

 *

4.31%

2.95%
Wholesale trade

1.28%

2.47%

4.13%

3.98%

1.40%

 *

1.30%

 *

1.74%

0.70%
Fin. svs. and real estate

0.88%

1.80%

4.04%

1.28%

2.36%

 *

0.96%

1.12%

0.81%
Retail trade

0.73%

1.98%

2.18%

1.99%

1.83%

0.55%

 *

1.48%

0.54%
Professional services

0.77%

1.42%

1.79%

1.88%

0.72%

3.33%

1.02%

1.98%
Other services

1.15%

1.94%

3.36%

2.57%

1.22%

0.66%

1.55%

0.73%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.47%

1.10%

1.29%

1.24%

1.10%

0.74%

0.73%

0.51%
For profit, unincorporated

1.34%

1.99%

2.31%

2.02%

3.18%

 *

0.84%

 *

1.79%

1.22%
Nonprofit

0.75%

2.11%

4.40%

1.56%

1.17%

2.87%

1.18%

1.10%
Unknown

0.92%

10.48%

 *

.

14.91%

 *

2.67%

 *

0.86%

 *

11.14%

 *

1.01%

 *
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

2.26%

3.18%

4.61%

4.18%

4.16%

 *

0.31%

 *

2.65%

1.55%
5-9 years

1.39%

1.81%

3.58%

2.70%

2.28%

4.85%

 *

1.76%

2.30%
10-19 years

0.82%

1.49%

2.08%

2.67%

1.41%

2.13%

 *

1.02%

1.09%
20 or more years

0.42%

0.85%

1.59%

0.85%

0.66%

1.17%

0.64%

0.58%
Unknown

0.47%

.

31.62%

 *

11.28%

 *

3.38%

 *

0.50%

0.86%

 *

0.47%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.38%

6.72%

3.65%

1.34%

0.81%

0.69%

1.51%

0.39%
1 location only

0.66%

0.93%

0.93%

1.16%

2.22%

8.58%

0.65%

1.29%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

2.01%

5.76%

6.51%

4.71%

2.97%

0.68%

 *

3.05%

1.33%
25-49 %

1.52%

3.08%

4.94%

3.87%

1.81%

0.65%

 *

2.57%

0.87%
50-74 %

1.21%

2.29%

2.86%

2.68%

2.04%

 *

1.08%

 *

1.60%

0.97%
75% or more

0.61%

1.17%

1.20%

1.23%

1.07%

1.01%

0.89%

0.56%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.34%

0.82%

1.17%

0.98%

0.80%

0.28%

0.62%

0.21%
Has union employees

2.39%

6.23%

6.79%

4.56%

3.75%

2.89%

3.91%

2.41%
Unknown

1.25%

7.21%

10.84%

 *

11.03%

 *

1.24%

 *

1.46%

4.89%

1.20%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

0.90%

2.14%

2.82%

1.38%

0.92%

1.11%

 *

1.81%

0.46%
Less than 50% low wage

0.62%

1.09%

1.11%

1.53%

1.23%

1.38%

0.74%

0.82%
Unknown

1.32%

5.82%

9.17%

5.08%

2.39%

 *

1.21%

4.43%

1.02%
 
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.