Table I.C.2.a

Table I.C.2.a(2002) Average total employee contribution (in dollars) for exclusive-provider plans per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector 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	552		476		506		583		566		559		525		562

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	450	*	614	*	798	*	367	*	299	*	.		520	*	292	*
Mining and manufacturing	493		535	*	398		548		450		509		506		490
Construction	553		470		555		621		445	*	769		625		419
Utilities and transp.	624		335	*	751	*	907		781		509		593	*	633
Wholesale trade	477		428		624	*	586		420		422		476		478
Fin. svs. and real estate	531		236		487	*	379		600		562		390		556
Retail trade	668		562		686		741		753		636		651		676
Professional services	495		340		249		566		550		522		392		527
Other services	654		829		587		564		705		646		639		659

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	573		450		500		654		570		587		524		593
For profit, unincorporated	541		587		708		487		456		548		627		468
Nonprofit	487		414		397		315		594		490		411		501
Unknown	490		.		.		780	*	631		487		.		491

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	572		413	*	425	*	873		681		437		482		682
5-9 years	519		513		426		696		507		425	*	507		535
10-19 years	615		548		644		633		551		793		588		637
20 or more years	544		427		472		528		568		573		506		557
Unknown	533		816	*	.		568		609		531		816	*	533

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	555		221	*	377		562		534		565		526		556
1 location only	548		480		514		589		614		443		525		579

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	602		564	*	190	*	645		697		606		443	*	694
25-49 %	737		896		657		806		713		697		777		726
50-74 %	620		577		518		576		608		674		567		639
75% or more	531		438		504		569		546		534		509		538

Union presence
No union employees	568		485		501		584		570		609		527		588
Has union employees	498		127	*	146	*	518		491		509		373		505
Unknown	462		250	*	1,478	*	820	*	705		398		768	*	450

Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage	636		727		544		676		621		608		607		648
Less than 50% low wage	526		425		502		544		533		572		510		536
Unknown	561		589	*	435	*	931		767		545		445		564

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.C.2.a(2002) Standard error for average total employee contribution (in dollars) for exclusive-provider plans per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector 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	18.80		33.53		33.20		31.67		34.99		16.84		20.63		20.25

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	137.24	*	241.35	*	273.59	*	171.42	*	91.40	*	.		231.21	*	108.29	*
Mining and manufacturing	36.88		213.82	*	72.81		64.63		63.84		51.17		75.94		46.89
Construction	45.06		98.07		104.82		81.23		246.44	*	177.51		53.20		79.32
Utilities and transp.	70.86		122.53	*	384.97	*	243.56		158.67		67.88		305.79	*	64.02
Wholesale trade	43.77		103.35		258.17	*	152.49		66.45		55.65		130.88		68.86
Fin. svs. and real estate	34.46		43.32		219.39	*	48.01		79.13		38.40		66.80		35.51
Retail trade	25.25		50.49		77.68		86.03		63.38		39.16		47.37		29.22
Professional services	22.45		44.19		30.90		65.29		48.27		34.85		41.22		26.41
Other services	30.13		102.11		110.16		56.91		111.73		60.55		44.85		40.06

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	25.30		38.91		42.65		39.16		45.94		25.66		22.18		29.20
For profit, unincorporated	52.60		96.60		152.68		132.81		103.93		83.68		57.89		73.24
Nonprofit	28.52		83.85		91.70		57.53		57.04		41.91		45.45		32.84
Unknown	57.54		.		.		246.66	*	113.77		58.56		.		57.75

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	68.23		144.01	*	149.94	*	128.57		129.60		124.79		77.43		92.15
5-9 years	21.88		78.54		91.66		64.09		122.55		178.11	*	58.74		81.12
10-19 years	56.09		95.52		96.52		40.19		107.34		137.93		55.82		77.76
20 or more years	19.74		60.46		50.48		37.01		40.59		26.62		31.13		24.36
Unknown	30.05		258.04	*	.		153.40		112.88		30.54		258.04	*	30.04

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	16.20		95.14	*	102.52		53.95		28.29		14.80		61.68		16.98
1 location only	27.11		34.95		33.96		36.20		61.37		102.24		22.56		35.21

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	75.03		279.44	*	178.08	*	150.37		190.11		65.91		162.69	*	98.05
25-49 %	45.78		148.27		75.14		118.08		80.52		59.09		95.24		36.73
50-74 %	39.30		101.80		105.97		108.78		57.38		51.26		88.59		27.64
75% or more	20.69		31.62		38.57		39.25		45.81		19.02		21.56		23.46

Union presence
No union employees	17.68		35.49		31.78		31.73		30.92		17.21		18.54		18.80
Has union employees	53.47		246.61	*	44.54	*	89.78		134.44		43.99		96.66		59.00
Unknown	56.22		129.61	*	530.56	*	248.09	*	161.69		36.67		385.81	*	49.95

Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage	28.48		124.29		65.80		59.71		57.67		63.77		51.93		36.35
Less than 50% low wage	25.04		20.09		43.77		41.38		39.26		37.80		19.01		30.56
Unknown	27.73		277.48	*	151.93	*	204.06		132.08		26.61		120.48		29.19

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.