Table I.A.2.b(2003) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage 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

43.9%

69.0%

56.5%

38.3%

24.4%

11.3%

62.7%

18.0%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

71.1%

73.2%

71.2%

64.2%

62.0%

36.3%

72.0%

63.8%
Mining and manufacturing

43.1%

68.0%

53.9%

31.6%

17.6%

19.4%

58.0%

19.6%
Construction

61.8%

68.5%

63.4%

43.0%

39.1%

24.0%

 *

64.3%

41.3%
Utilities and transp.

47.2%

68.3%

52.9%

59.3%

36.0%

26.2%

63.4%

32.2%
Wholesale trade

44.4%

69.3%

55.0%

33.5%

12.0%

 *

14.8%

61.3%

15.3%
Fin. svs. and real estate

34.2%

67.9%

59.4%

33.9%

31.2%

6.3%

63.0%

14.6%
Retail trade

28.6%

66.9%

50.3%

29.9%

14.4%

7.1%

57.4%

9.7%
Professional services

53.7%

72.3%

59.1%

39.4%

30.0%

24.5%

66.9%

27.7%
Other services

42.5%

65.9%

53.4%

42.4%

22.5%

7.0%

60.1%

16.8%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

40.6%

68.5%

56.1%

35.8%

22.4%

10.4%

61.4%

15.9%
For profit, unincorporated

51.8%

65.8%

52.7%

38.5%

16.5%

21.1%

 *

62.1%

21.6%
Nonprofit

54.4%

76.4%

59.0%

55.6%

36.4%

25.2%

 *

69.3%

37.3%
Unknown

55.7%

76.1%

70.0%

39.0%

29.8%

 *

3.5%

 *

72.7%

14.3%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

55.3%

64.7%

51.0%

35.3%

20.5%

 *

6.4%

 *

60.8%

23.2%
5-9 years

55.9%

68.9%

50.0%

41.8%

19.8%

15.0%

 *

63.1%

22.5%
10-19 years

54.1%

68.5%

52.2%

38.2%

17.5%

7.1%

62.0%

19.2%
20 or more years

44.9%

70.9%

61.0%

38.3%

28.3%

15.0%

63.6%

22.8%
Unknown

8.4%

95.8%

.

10.8%

 *

8.2%

 *

8.3%

26.1%

 *

8.3%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

18.9%

55.4%

49.9%

32.7%

23.1%

11.3%

44.2%

16.0%
1 location only

62.4%

69.2%

57.5%

42.2%

33.4%

34.1%

64.2%

37.3%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

38.6%

72.3%

70.1%

48.6%

19.5%

4.0%

 *

68.5%

13.8%
25-49 %

31.8%

67.3%

53.7%

34.6%

16.2%

5.0%

 *

58.5%

9.4%
50-74 %

43.0%

66.9%

54.2%

36.8%

19.7%

12.2%

61.6%

16.0%
75% or more

45.7%

69.4%

56.5%

38.1%

26.9%

12.9%

63.0%

20.0%
 
Union presence
No union employees

45.8%

68.8%

55.3%

37.0%

23.4%

6.2%

62.3%

16.5%
Has union employees

42.6%

73.5%

86.5%

64.1%

42.9%

23.8%

76.9%

29.2%
Unknown

19.2%

76.4%

30.3%

 *

15.6%

 *

13.0%

 *

15.6%

55.9%

15.6%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

40.3%

70.9%

53.4%

34.2%

19.7%

5.5%

61.1%

15.4%
Less than 50% low wage

52.0%

68.1%

57.0%

39.8%

27.9%

11.0%

62.6%

23.7%
Unknown

19.5%

79.8%

60.9%

33.8%

16.1%

 *

12.9%

73.6%

13.2%
 
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.
. 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.b(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage 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

0.80%

0.73%

1.21%

2.03%

1.32%

1.66%

0.74%

1.03%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

2.76%

3.74%

12.69%

10.54%

17.32%

9.28%

3.18%

8.19%
Mining and manufacturing

1.76%

3.24%

5.90%

3.60%

2.35%

2.46%

2.87%

1.46%
Construction

1.99%

3.27%

2.87%

4.00%

9.67%

8.71%

 *

2.24%

5.12%
Utilities and transp.

2.29%

4.47%

6.50%

8.56%

8.24%

5.90%

3.50%

3.17%
Wholesale trade

2.02%

2.03%

4.41%

6.28%

4.13%

 *

3.94%

2.01%

3.02%
Fin. svs. and real estate

1.72%

2.52%

4.80%

6.76%

3.65%

1.33%

1.50%

1.81%
Retail trade

0.80%

2.63%

3.46%

3.76%

3.37%

1.93%

2.11%

1.31%
Professional services

1.17%

1.20%

3.75%

4.85%

2.04%

4.99%

1.02%

2.27%
Other services

1.19%

1.47%

1.75%

3.18%

3.53%

1.77%

0.93%

1.76%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.83%

1.01%

1.49%

2.28%

2.12%

1.48%

1.02%

1.07%
For profit, unincorporated

1.84%

1.51%

3.24%

5.15%

3.60%

6.65%

 *

1.56%

4.55%
Nonprofit

1.81%

2.17%

4.95%

2.86%

4.23%

8.56%

 *

1.57%

2.65%
Unknown

2.42%

2.57%

4.00%

6.57%

11.34%

 *

3.30%

 *

1.97%

3.46%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

2.49%

3.08%

3.90%

5.18%

8.42%

 *

5.11%

 *

2.77%

5.08%
5-9 years

1.57%

1.75%

4.37%

5.28%

3.97%

7.59%

 *

1.67%

3.42%
10-19 years

1.56%

1.87%

3.04%

3.22%

2.93%

2.04%

1.71%

2.90%
20 or more years

1.52%

1.15%

1.26%

1.94%

2.13%

3.53%

0.97%

2.28%
Unknown

1.12%

28.56%

.

9.81%

 *

6.34%

 *

1.06%

13.79%

 *

1.13%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

1.06%

7.84%

4.68%

2.05%

1.40%

1.67%

2.33%

1.05%
1 location only

0.78%

0.73%

1.27%

2.13%

3.07%

6.13%

0.73%

1.51%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

1.99%

4.14%

6.08%

5.01%

4.24%

1.31%

 *

1.83%

2.23%
25-49 %

2.31%

4.27%

3.18%

5.24%

3.10%

2.39%

 *

2.72%

2.09%
50-74 %

1.98%

2.08%

3.50%

3.98%

4.02%

2.86%

1.59%

1.99%
75% or more

0.93%

0.81%

1.74%

2.36%

1.21%

1.76%

0.99%

1.04%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.87%

0.80%

1.41%

2.05%

1.35%

0.59%

0.83%

0.52%
Has union employees

3.57%

2.83%

5.16%

5.02%

6.58%

6.18%

2.43%

5.26%
Unknown

1.56%

9.65%

16.29%

 *

12.62%

 *

8.08%

 *

1.99%

10.09%

1.81%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

1.22%

1.32%

2.48%

3.29%

3.09%

1.08%

1.04%

2.04%
Less than 50% low wage

0.80%

0.76%

1.20%

2.42%

1.15%

1.64%

0.74%

0.85%
Unknown

2.03%

3.28%

7.96%

7.06%

6.08%

 *

2.36%

2.32%

2.10%
 
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.
. 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.