Table I.B.2.a(2002) Percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance 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

77.1%

81.2%

78.6%

74.2%

74.7%

78.0%

78.0%

76.8%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

62.8%

67.3%

75.7%

51.8%

41.6%

89.3%

65.8%

61.0%
Mining and manufacturing

91.9%

88.3%

91.2%

90.5%

92.5%

92.2%

90.6%

92.1%
Construction

76.9%

84.6%

80.5%

73.3%

72.9%

75.6%

80.4%

72.5%
Utilities and transp.

78.9%

86.6%

87.5%

89.1%

90.3%

74.0%

88.1%

77.6%
Wholesale trade

87.8%

88.9%

88.9%

88.0%

88.7%

86.4%

87.5%

87.9%
Fin. svs. and real estate

88.3%

84.9%

85.9%

90.4%

87.0%

88.8%

86.2%

88.6%
Retail trade

62.0%

78.1%

75.5%

70.7%

67.6%

55.3%

76.1%

58.6%
Professional services

81.6%

84.0%

84.7%

78.5%

77.0%

83.3%

82.9%

81.2%
Other services

62.1%

70.2%

60.0%

54.5%

55.2%

67.6%

59.9%

62.7%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

77.8%

82.3%

80.6%

76.1%

77.0%

77.5%

79.6%

77.3%
For profit, unincorporated

73.7%

80.8%

72.6%

67.0%

70.4%

77.7%

75.6%

72.5%
Nonprofit

75.9%

74.0%

70.0%

69.1%

72.2%

82.0%

70.1%

77.1%
Unknown

74.9%

98.4%

100.0%

 *

94.1%

54.7%

76.8%

94.6%

74.8%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

72.3%

82.6%

79.4%

63.5%

69.9%

68.2%

80.0%

64.6%
5-9 years

76.9%

82.6%

74.4%

70.7%

69.5%

87.4%

76.1%

77.6%
10-19 years

75.7%

80.7%

80.3%

71.6%

72.8%

79.0%

77.9%

74.0%
20 or more years

77.4%

80.6%

78.7%

77.0%

77.9%

76.8%

78.2%

77.2%
Unknown

77.6%

84.9%

100.0%

 *

82.5%

57.7%

78.8%

83.4%

77.6%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

77.5%

89.4%

81.1%

76.9%

76.3%

77.8%

78.2%

77.5%
1 location only

76.0%

81.0%

78.4%

73.4%

71.9%

83.7%

78.0%

73.6%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

29.3%

41.4%

24.2%

21.3%

27.2%

32.4%

27.3%

29.8%
25-49 %

46.4%

42.4%

40.9%

41.6%

44.8%

49.4%

42.3%

47.4%
50-74 %

65.9%

68.3%

65.0%

60.4%

65.3%

67.7%

64.9%

66.2%
75% or more

85.6%

90.2%

87.6%

85.8%

83.2%

85.6%

87.6%

85.1%
 
Union presence
No union employees

77.5%

80.9%

78.5%

73.7%

74.9%

79.4%

78.1%

77.2%
Has union employees

81.8%

87.4%

81.8%

80.3%

82.3%

81.7%

79.0%

82.0%
Unknown

65.3%

84.4%

73.8%

67.7%

52.7%

66.6%

68.3%

65.2%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

58.1%

62.6%

56.1%

53.1%

56.2%

63.4%

56.7%

58.6%
Less than 50% low wage

84.8%

85.8%

84.0%

82.2%

85.1%

86.0%

83.9%

85.1%
Unknown

75.2%

81.8%

84.3%

74.6%

61.8%

76.1%

76.5%

75.1%
 
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.
** 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.B.2.a(2002) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees eligible for health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance 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

0.59%

0.38%

0.66%

0.71%

0.80%

1.20%

0.44%

0.76%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

4.80%

5.45%

5.14%

9.32%

10.18%

5.26%

5.05%

7.25%
Mining and manufacturing

0.85%

0.84%

1.79%

1.05%

0.63%

1.53%

0.90%

1.05%
Construction

1.64%

1.38%

3.03%

4.02%

5.61%

5.26%

2.43%

2.52%
Utilities and transp.

4.28%

3.65%

1.49%

2.12%

3.19%

5.39%

1.40%

4.80%
Wholesale trade

1.64%

2.13%

1.71%

1.99%

1.40%

3.83%

1.40%

2.11%
Fin. svs. and real estate

0.79%

1.03%

3.46%

0.74%

1.35%

1.11%

0.94%

0.84%
Retail trade

1.31%

1.14%

1.68%

2.62%

1.97%

1.88%

1.00%

1.61%
Professional services

1.15%

0.78%

1.26%

1.50%

2.10%

1.85%

0.75%

1.32%
Other services

0.67%

1.95%

1.77%

1.83%

1.65%

1.33%

1.23%

0.88%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.70%

0.68%

0.73%

1.00%

0.76%

1.37%

0.58%

0.91%
For profit, unincorporated

1.51%

1.43%

3.60%

4.05%

2.43%

3.58%

2.22%

2.20%
Nonprofit

0.87%

2.27%

2.06%

1.25%

2.31%

1.32%

1.62%

1.07%
Unknown

2.32%

27.56%

31.62%

 *

22.56%

7.91%

2.61%

20.40%

2.28%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

3.08%

1.61%

2.73%

6.12%

5.31%

6.18%

1.15%

4.61%
5-9 years

0.89%

1.17%

3.02%

2.17%

3.45%

3.30%

1.68%

1.53%
10-19 years

0.71%

1.01%

1.15%

1.36%

1.82%

2.38%

0.71%

1.13%
20 or more years

0.64%

1.12%

1.18%

0.83%

0.98%

1.51%

1.03%

0.90%
Unknown

1.59%

25.39%

31.62%

 *

6.95%

5.78%

1.68%

14.12%

1.59%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

1.01%

2.28%

2.53%

2.36%

0.83%

1.24%

2.37%

1.03%
1 location only

0.52%

0.38%

0.78%

0.67%

1.89%

2.58%

0.43%

1.03%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

2.12%

4.24%

4.02%

2.06%

2.98%

3.04%

3.10%

2.21%
25-49 %

1.56%

1.97%

2.44%

1.70%

2.62%

2.47%

1.46%

1.95%
50-74 %

1.34%

1.36%

1.15%

2.40%

1.44%

1.89%

0.87%

1.61%
75% or more

0.56%

0.40%

0.74%

0.46%

0.86%

0.98%

0.49%

0.70%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.57%

0.44%

0.59%

0.90%

0.76%

1.18%

0.36%

0.78%
Has union employees

0.89%

4.88%

6.27%

2.71%

2.37%

1.03%

3.88%

0.88%
Unknown

2.89%

2.91%

5.50%

9.53%

7.19%

3.08%

8.00%

2.90%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

1.13%

1.37%

1.62%

1.81%

1.89%

1.32%

1.30%

1.48%
Less than 50% low wage

0.47%

0.47%

0.89%

0.78%

1.09%

1.07%

0.45%

0.66%
Unknown

1.78%

3.56%

3.01%

5.54%

4.06%

2.02%

5.05%

1.79%
 
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.