Table I.A.2.c.(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 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

8.5%

14.9%

9.6%

6.3%

2.0%

2.1%

12.7%

2.6%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

12.1%

10.6%

23.1%

 *

12.4%

 *

12.7%

 *

18.7%

 *

12.0%

13.7%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

9.1%

16.9%

11.5%

4.0%

2.6%

 *

3.3%

 *

12.7%

3.2%
Construction

14.6%

19.0%

10.0%

7.5%

12.6%

.

15.3%

8.9%
Utilities and transp.

8.0%

10.5%

 *

10.4%

 *

7.8%

 *

4.5%

 *

5.7%

 *

10.0%

5.9%

 *
Wholesale trade

11.3%

21.4%

8.3%

 *

6.4%

1.2%

 *

1.7%

 *

16.4%

2.0%
Fin. svs. and real estate

6.5%

12.7%

12.0%

2.6%

 *

0.8%

 *

3.3%

11.8%

2.6%
Retail trade

6.2%

16.6%

9.7%

3.4%

1.1%

 *

0.1%

 *

12.9%

0.5%
Professional services

8.7%

11.9%

7.2%

7.2%

1.6%

6.1%

 *

10.6%

4.5%

 *
Other services

7.9%

15.3%

9.7%

9.0%

2.2%

0.1%

 *

12.9%

1.9%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

8.5%

15.4%

10.0%

6.1%

2.4%

2.3%

12.8%

2.8%
For profit, unincorporated

10.9%

13.8%

8.3%

 *

8.7%

1.1%

 *

0.0%

 *

12.9%

1.2%
Nonprofit

8.2%

13.8%

7.6%

6.8%

1.5%

3.7%

 *

11.4%

3.0%
Unknown

0.9%

 *

10.2%

 *

.

.

.

0.9%

 *

7.1%

 *

0.8%

 *
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

11.1%

13.0%

9.8%

9.0%

 *

1.9%

 *

.

12.2%

3.3%

 *
5-9 years

13.1%

17.2%

8.2%

6.8%

 *

4.9%

 *

3.0%

 *

14.5%

4.3%

 *
10-19 years

11.7%

15.4%

11.7%

6.9%

2.1%

 *

2.2%

 *

13.6%

3.5%
20 or more years

7.8%

14.1%

8.8%

5.9%

2.0%

3.4%

11.6%

3.2%
Unknown

0.9%

.

.

.

0.4%

 *

1.0%

.

0.9%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

2.6%

14.6%

6.9%

 *

3.9%

1.4%

2.1%

7.2%

2.0%
1 location only

12.7%

14.9%

9.9%

7.8%

6.2%

5.7%

 *

13.1%

7.2%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

8.4%

17.9%

13.8%

4.0%

 *

2.3%

 *

.

14.2%

1.7%

 *
25-49 %

6.6%

16.9%

8.4%

5.5%

1.8%

 *

0.2%

 *

13.1%

1.1%
50-74 %

9.5%

15.1%

12.2%

9.4%

1.9%

0.6%

 *

14.2%

1.7%

 *
75% or more

8.5%

14.5%

9.0%

6.1%

2.1%

2.9%

12.2%

3.0%
 
Union presence
No union employees

8.6%

14.8%

9.4%

6.0%

1.9%

0.6%

 *

12.6%

1.7%
Has union employees

8.9%

17.1%

12.4%

 *

13.4%

4.7%

6.5%

14.8%

6.7%
Unknown

5.4%

13.7%

 *

9.3%

 *

.

0.7%

 *

4.4%

 *

11.7%

 *

4.0%

 *
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

7.9%

13.9%

9.9%

7.4%

2.0%

 *

0.1%

 *

12.2%

1.8%
Less than 50% low wage

10.5%

15.2%

9.3%

6.0%

2.2%

4.5%

12.7%

3.9%
Unknown

2.9%

14.1%

16.3%

 *

4.2%

 *

1.6%

 *

1.8%

 *

13.8%

1.8%

 *
 
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.(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 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

0.29%

0.67%

0.81%

0.50%

0.34%

0.34%

0.44%

0.31%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

1.80%

1.70%

7.51%

 *

6.20%

 *

8.43%

 *

7.99%

 *

1.97%

4.74%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

0.68%

2.10%

2.16%

0.99%

1.84%

 *

1.10%

 *

1.08%

0.70%
Construction

1.17%

1.78%

1.92%

1.53%

3.73%

.

1.17%

1.94%
Utilities and transp.

1.92%

4.16%

 *

3.77%

 *

2.92%

 *

3.70%

 *

2.53%

 *

2.95%

2.07%

 *
Wholesale trade

1.45%

2.65%

2.78%

 *

1.80%

0.75%

 *

1.24%

 *

1.99%

0.56%
Fin. svs. and real estate

0.59%

1.41%

2.48%

1.17%

 *

0.44%

 *

0.76%

1.13%

0.54%
Retail trade

0.60%

1.60%

2.23%

0.87%

0.49%

 *

0.07%

 *

1.34%

0.14%
Professional services

0.77%

1.05%

0.93%

1.09%

0.47%

2.77%

 *

0.80%

1.53%

 *
Other services

0.74%

2.02%

1.84%

1.19%

0.59%

0.08%

 *

1.21%

0.24%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.31%

0.98%

0.95%

0.66%

0.53%

0.43%

0.59%

0.41%
For profit, unincorporated

0.92%

1.31%

2.73%

 *

2.50%

0.45%

 *

0.02%

 *

1.09%

0.35%
Nonprofit

0.52%

1.68%

1.68%

1.41%

0.43%

1.96%

 *

0.90%

0.60%
Unknown

0.44%

 *

10.00%

 *

.

.

.

0.45%

 *

10.05%

 *

0.43%

 *
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

1.11%

1.57%

2.82%

3.10%

 *

1.29%

 *

.

1.19%

1.07%

 *
5-9 years

0.71%

1.37%

1.82%

2.39%

 *

1.94%

 *

1.72%

 *

0.97%

2.15%

 *
10-19 years

0.58%

1.02%

1.44%

0.91%

0.68%

 *

2.06%

 *

0.66%

0.71%
20 or more years

0.34%

0.90%

0.99%

0.48%

0.41%

0.65%

0.53%

0.37%
Unknown

0.24%

.

.

.

0.20%

 *

0.25%

.

0.24%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.27%

4.01%

2.44%

 *

0.90%

0.37%

0.35%

0.95%

0.31%
1 location only

0.45%

0.68%

0.73%

0.55%

1.11%

3.33%

 *

0.47%

0.52%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

1.28%

4.41%

4.08%

1.21%

 *

0.81%

 *

.

2.52%

0.69%

 *
25-49 %

0.75%

3.16%

1.75%

1.06%

0.87%

 *

0.14%

 *

1.81%

0.29%
50-74 %

0.96%

1.72%

2.47%

2.11%

0.56%

0.50%

 *

1.39%

0.58%

 *
75% or more

0.39%

0.88%

0.59%

0.53%

0.47%

0.51%

0.57%

0.38%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.27%

0.63%

0.79%

0.43%

0.34%

0.17%

 *

0.40%

0.18%
Has union employees

1.19%

4.98%

3.75%

 *

3.36%

0.82%

1.33%

3.60%

1.16%
Unknown

1.09%

6.51%

 *

11.01%

 *

.

0.83%

 *

1.75%

 *

5.23%

 *

1.53%

 *
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

0.49%

1.07%

1.24%

0.96%

0.62%

 *

0.05%

 *

0.87%

0.31%
Less than 50% low wage

0.37%

0.74%

0.91%

0.73%

0.52%

0.71%

0.49%

0.29%
Unknown

0.51%

3.04%

9.93%

 *

2.51%

 *

0.99%

 *

0.60%

 *

1.93%

0.55%

 *
 
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.