Table I.A.2(2003) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2003
 
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

56.2%

35.6%

66.2%

81.0%

93.5%

98.6%

43.2%

95.4%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

29.0%

25.0%

33.4%

76.6%

42.6%

 *

98.4%

27.2%

61.9%
Mining and manufacturing

68.5%

44.3%

78.3%

90.9%

97.7%

98.7%

57.6%

97.4%
Construction

45.2%

33.5%

75.3%

87.5%

99.7%

99.9%

42.5%

95.3%
Utilities and transp.

55.1%

30.5%

59.3%

73.8%

97.4%

96.8%

37.7%

95.9%
Wholesale trade

68.8%

48.4%

84.1%

92.2%

93.3%

100.0%

58.9%

96.8%
Fin. svs. and real estate

68.8%

40.4%

87.0%

93.0%

97.1%

98.8%

47.8%

98.0%
Retail trade

57.3%

26.9%

60.7%

80.1%

92.7%

99.4%

35.5%

96.4%
Professional services

61.1%

44.5%

76.1%

88.4%

93.3%

98.8%

51.5%

95.9%
Other services

47.2%

29.6%

50.0%

65.9%

91.4%

97.0%

35.5%

91.2%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

63.0%

40.5%

69.0%

80.6%

93.0%

98.5%

49.1%

95.2%
For profit, unincorporated

37.0%

27.1%

50.8%

77.7%

89.9%

99.8%

30.6%

94.7%
Nonprofit

66.1%

42.8%

73.0%

85.7%

97.7%

98.2%

51.9%

96.5%
Unknown

39.4%

27.1%

58.7%

86.0%

95.8%

99.8%

31.7%

97.3%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

31.8%

26.5%

39.7%

61.6%

86.8%

99.4%

28.8%

84.1%
5-9 years

41.2%

32.1%

56.0%

73.3%

94.9%

96.6%

37.0%

89.0%
10-19 years

49.2%

38.0%

66.9%

75.1%

89.0%

97.8%

44.7%

87.9%
20 or more years

65.6%

40.6%

75.0%

87.3%

96.7%

99.8%

51.4%

97.4%
Unknown

95.5%

8.9%

 *

8.4%

 *

74.9%

78.3%

97.8%

25.4%

 *

96.3%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

93.7%

58.5%

76.9%

84.5%

94.0%

98.6%

73.8%

96.6%
1 location only

43.3%

35.4%

64.9%

78.7%

90.3%

95.2%

41.8%

84.3%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

22.9%

8.7%

23.1%

49.2%

80.8%

92.2%

12.2%

82.3%
25-49 %

56.8%

30.3%

52.2%

67.3%

95.9%

99.9%

38.0%

97.3%
50-74 %

51.0%

32.9%

58.6%

72.5%

92.6%

99.2%

38.7%

95.1%
75% or more

63.8%

43.4%

78.0%

88.4%

95.4%

98.9%

52.0%

96.6%
 
Union presence
No union employees

53.9%

35.9%

66.6%

81.1%

93.9%

98.9%

43.5%

94.9%
Has union employees

87.2%

56.9%

82.4%

89.1%

98.7%

99.9%

66.9%

99.0%
Unknown

64.8%

11.6%

27.9%

 *

52.6%

71.0%

96.9%

15.4%

94.8%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

37.5%

19.5%

39.1%

62.1%

90.4%

99.4%

25.2%

90.3%
Less than 50% low wage

62.3%

46.2%

81.1%

91.8%

96.8%

99.4%

54.9%

97.1%
Unknown

67.6%

15.7%

34.2%

56.2%

83.7%

98.1%

18.9%

96.4%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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.A.2(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2003
 
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

0.74%

0.72%

1.43%

1.19%

0.78%

0.31%

0.56%

0.37%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

1.75%

2.19%

7.06%

11.51%

13.68%

 *

10.42%

1.93%

11.78%
Mining and manufacturing

1.03%

2.38%

1.41%

1.72%

0.79%

0.47%

1.71%

0.49%
Construction

0.78%

1.19%

3.52%

2.84%

0.18%

0.34%

0.75%

1.41%
Utilities and transp.

2.41%

2.94%

7.15%

6.68%

1.41%

1.76%

2.88%

1.56%
Wholesale trade

0.96%

1.35%

1.70%

2.10%

2.61%

0.01%

0.98%

1.16%
Fin. svs. and real estate

1.86%

2.19%

2.36%

3.02%

1.03%

0.46%

2.01%

0.37%
Retail trade

1.71%

1.36%

2.21%

2.95%

2.60%

0.47%

1.28%

0.92%
Professional services

0.86%

0.80%

2.26%

1.90%

2.26%

0.66%

0.72%

1.05%
Other services

0.94%

0.66%

2.39%

2.35%

1.93%

1.21%

0.58%

1.49%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.96%

0.85%

1.59%

1.52%

1.11%

0.37%

0.72%

0.50%
For profit, unincorporated

1.14%

1.09%

3.02%

2.88%

4.74%

0.13%

0.97%

2.43%
Nonprofit

0.69%

1.39%

5.73%

3.44%

2.27%

3.02%

1.56%

1.08%
Unknown

1.64%

1.60%

6.03%

3.42%

4.18%

0.39%

1.41%

1.14%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

1.39%

1.94%

3.31%

3.74%

5.63%

0.53%

1.49%

3.54%
5-9 years

0.79%

0.76%

1.86%

4.80%

2.27%

1.79%

0.80%

2.27%
10-19 years

0.79%

0.90%

1.42%

2.80%

2.50%

0.82%

0.88%

1.86%
20 or more years

0.94%

0.76%

1.94%

0.97%

0.80%

0.07%

0.71%

0.40%
Unknown

0.86%

5.37%

 *

4.19%

 *

13.87%

5.96%

0.62%

8.70%

 *

0.81%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.44%

5.36%

3.82%

2.00%

0.97%

0.31%

0.72%

0.34%
1 location only

0.59%

0.71%

1.51%

1.56%

2.28%

1.96%

0.59%

1.75%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

0.98%

0.70%

3.25%

3.34%

4.18%

2.72%

0.71%

2.24%
25-49 %

1.15%

0.77%

2.73%

3.84%

1.32%

0.09%

1.19%

0.71%
50-74 %

1.61%

1.30%

3.35%

2.72%

2.53%

0.71%

1.60%

1.04%
75% or more

0.70%

0.91%

1.04%

1.33%

0.87%

0.31%

0.59%

0.36%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.70%

0.74%

1.49%

1.28%

0.72%

0.47%

0.58%

0.44%
Has union employees

1.76%

4.37%

4.44%

2.33%

0.99%

0.07%

2.95%

0.36%
Unknown

1.96%

1.60%

8.81%

 *

7.60%

8.56%

0.72%

1.98%

1.05%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

1.31%

0.86%

1.74%

2.11%

1.50%

0.35%

0.71%

1.15%
Less than 50% low wage

0.57%

0.83%

1.31%

0.65%

0.60%

0.40%

0.53%

0.42%
Unknown

1.34%

1.38%

4.22%

6.33%

4.21%

0.51%

1.46%

0.65%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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.