Table I.A.2.d(2002) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer two or more health insurance plans 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

30.3%

8.8%

14.5%

23.6%

39.2%

71.9%

11.6%

57.3%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

9.3%

5.5%

 *

16.3%

 *

26.1%

17.2%

 *

30.2%

 *

7.9%

 *

22.2%
Mining and manufacturing

25.0%

8.3%

 *

17.2%

26.4%

36.4%

56.6%

14.1%

42.9%
Construction

13.9%

8.9%

14.1%

23.8%

33.4%

43.2%

11.8%

31.6%
Utilities and transp.

32.4%

10.1%

17.4%

 *

18.0%

33.8%

71.4%

12.9%

53.6%
Wholesale trade

23.7%

8.1%

 *

11.5%

20.9%

32.0%

68.9%

10.6%

47.5%
Fin. svs. and real estate

44.7%

7.4%

18.1%

25.7%

49.8%

80.0%

10.5%

70.5%
Retail trade

35.3%

9.6%

12.2%

16.7%

32.9%

66.2%

10.8%

55.8%
Professional services

28.1%

9.9%

15.6%

28.0%

50.4%

76.9%

12.0%

63.2%
Other services

30.6%

8.0%

13.8%

23.7%

34.4%

71.6%

11.9%

53.4%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

32.5%

8.7%

14.2%

22.5%

37.5%

75.2%

11.5%

60.1%
For profit, unincorporated

13.3%

7.5%

12.5%

18.4%

33.7%

45.3%

8.8%

35.5%
Nonprofit

26.7%

12.0%

18.7%

31.5%

48.8%

41.2%

16.3%

43.6%
Unknown

60.7%

10.2%

 *

.

47.3%

 *

31.2%

65.6%

24.1%

 *

61.6%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

12.6%

8.4%

12.7%

 *

18.8%

35.6%

44.8%

9.5%

36.1%
5-9 years

14.6%

9.0%

13.7%

22.8%

37.6%

47.7%

10.7%

38.7%
10-19 years

17.3%

7.8%

16.5%

24.9%

36.5%

68.2%

11.3%

42.9%
20 or more years

32.0%

9.4%

14.0%

23.6%

40.3%

75.4%

12.5%

56.0%
Unknown

67.5%

.

.

29.1%

 *

38.2%

70.3%

22.3%

 *

67.6%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

55.4%

10.7%

11.7%

21.2%

39.1%

72.3%

14.1%

60.1%
1 location only

12.9%

8.7%

14.9%

25.0%

39.7%

26.3%

11.4%

32.8%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

30.5%

10.2%

13.1%

 *

15.1%

24.4%

80.9%

11.7%

52.1%
25-49 %

34.1%

3.7%

11.2%

23.0%

33.3%

68.5%

7.2%

57.0%
50-74 %

26.6%

9.4%

9.9%

21.2%

45.7%

62.9%

10.4%

53.0%
75% or more

30.7%

8.9%

15.7%

24.7%

39.8%

73.6%

12.2%

58.6%
 
Union presence
No union employees

25.7%

8.4%

14.4%

22.5%

38.4%

65.9%

11.2%

51.1%
Has union employees

67.2%

23.8%

20.0%

42.7%

50.0%

89.9%

24.9%

82.7%
Unknown

60.9%

3.7%

 *

9.8%

 *

8.5%

 *

42.1%

78.5%

5.6%

 *

73.5%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

20.5%

4.1%

11.6%

18.1%

27.4%

58.6%

7.4%

38.7%
Less than 50% low wage

22.6%

9.8%

15.5%

25.7%

45.6%

73.3%

12.7%

52.0%
Unknown

65.5%

11.9%

7.6%

 *

20.4%

42.1%

74.2%

11.0%

71.2%
 
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.d(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer two or more health insurance plans 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

0.51%

0.57%

0.87%

0.74%

0.77%

1.47%

0.39%

0.94%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

2.34%

2.37%

 *

8.01%

 *

6.19%

6.61%

 *

13.90%

 *

2.73%

 *

4.82%
Mining and manufacturing

1.12%

2.88%

 *

2.42%

1.48%

4.14%

4.40%

1.70%

1.92%
Construction

0.98%

1.82%

2.23%

3.24%

5.18%

6.34%

1.00%

2.38%
Utilities and transp.

1.84%

2.06%

5.39%

 *

3.67%

6.74%

3.01%

1.99%

4.14%
Wholesale trade

1.34%

2.56%

 *

2.39%

4.30%

4.00%

5.43%

1.72%

4.04%
Fin. svs. and real estate

1.68%

1.31%

3.30%

3.92%

3.87%

2.80%

1.18%

2.35%
Retail trade

1.69%

1.55%

2.09%

2.43%

3.48%

3.26%

0.95%

2.40%
Professional services

1.23%

0.95%

2.47%

2.02%

2.73%

3.58%

0.81%

2.55%
Other services

1.84%

0.97%

1.72%

2.22%

2.12%

3.30%

0.98%

2.56%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.62%

0.57%

0.90%

0.89%

1.38%

1.39%

0.46%

1.03%
For profit, unincorporated

0.83%

1.12%

1.88%

3.00%

2.61%

5.80%

0.85%

2.19%
Nonprofit

0.92%

1.27%

2.40%

1.94%

2.96%

5.61%

1.09%

2.52%
Unknown

3.36%

10.00%

 *

.

16.51%

 *

6.76%

3.74%

15.40%

 *

3.20%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

1.01%

1.40%

4.24%

 *

4.50%

5.43%

12.17%

1.22%

3.29%
5-9 years

1.22%

1.04%

2.05%

3.33%

6.34%

5.37%

1.22%

3.92%
10-19 years

0.64%

0.97%

2.04%

1.53%

2.48%

5.48%

0.92%

2.42%
20 or more years

0.70%

0.86%

0.71%

0.92%

1.26%

2.27%

0.44%

1.32%
Unknown

1.59%

.

.

12.88%

 *

3.21%

1.67%

15.49%

 *

1.56%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.94%

2.47%

2.30%

1.67%

0.90%

1.45%

1.64%

1.03%
1 location only

0.46%

0.61%

0.93%

1.16%

1.90%

7.50%

0.46%

1.37%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

1.55%

2.56%

4.23%

 *

4.24%

3.56%

4.48%

1.98%

2.86%
25-49 %

2.31%

1.08%

2.99%

1.74%

4.69%

4.89%

1.31%

3.56%
50-74 %

1.85%

0.98%

1.81%

3.09%

4.18%

4.03%

0.93%

3.71%
75% or more

0.72%

0.67%

0.98%

0.83%

1.15%

1.70%

0.43%

1.23%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.45%

0.49%

0.95%

0.68%

0.74%

1.75%

0.37%

0.98%
Has union employees

2.11%

4.38%

5.57%

5.76%

3.01%

1.95%

2.12%

2.20%
Unknown

2.70%

1.46%

 *

3.79%

 *

2.76%

 *

8.23%

2.98%

1.81%

 *

2.57%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

1.43%

0.79%

1.96%

1.19%

2.55%

3.91%

0.87%

2.33%
Less than 50% low wage

0.69%

0.59%

0.86%

1.14%

2.14%

2.05%

0.38%

1.54%
Unknown

1.29%

3.52%

4.79%

 *

5.29%

2.94%

1.66%

2.41%

1.61%
 
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.