Table I.A.2.b.(1)(2003) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer an exclusive-provider 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

15.6%

24.9%

19.4%

12.7%

9.4%

4.0%

22.2%

6.6%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

15.9%

13.6%

31.2%

 *

11.7%

 *

36.5%

 *

10.2%

 *

15.3%

21.5%
Mining and manufacturing

16.1%

28.4%

21.9%

9.1%

4.6%

4.3%

23.2%

4.8%
Construction

20.9%

22.8%

18.5%

19.2%

17.0%

 *

14.8%

 *

21.0%

20.0%
Utilities and transp.

17.6%

31.6%

10.2%

 *

17.6%

 *

1.8%

 *

15.4%

 *

24.5%

11.2%

 *
Wholesale trade

15.4%

24.6%

23.1%

8.3%

 *

2.8%

 *

3.5%

 *

22.3%

3.6%

 *
Fin. svs. and real estate

11.0%

21.3%

17.9%

10.2%

 *

12.8%

1.7%

 *

19.7%

5.0%
Retail trade

10.1%

26.6%

14.8%

11.2%

6.4%

 *

1.3%

21.2%

2.9%
Professional services

18.4%

25.3%

19.0%

11.0%

9.8%

10.3%

22.6%

10.3%
Other services

17.5%

26.4%

21.5%

16.3%

11.8%

3.3%

 *

23.9%

8.0%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

14.4%

24.7%

19.6%

11.3%

8.8%

3.5%

21.6%

5.7%
For profit, unincorporated

17.0%

22.6%

13.0%

12.8%

6.0%

 *

5.9%

 *

20.4%

7.1%
Nonprofit

22.7%

31.3%

24.8%

21.8%

14.7%

15.6%

 *

28.3%

16.1%
Unknown

20.1%

28.3%

23.3%

14.2%

5.2%

 *

2.4%

 *

26.5%

4.2%

 *
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

19.7%

23.2%

15.1%

11.3%

12.3%

 *

0.2%

 *

21.6%

8.2%

 *
5-9 years

19.4%

24.6%

16.1%

14.6%

5.8%

 *

2.9%

 *

22.3%

6.0%
10-19 years

20.1%

26.3%

17.5%

13.5%

6.9%

 *

0.7%

 *

23.0%

7.3%

 *
20 or more years

15.9%

24.6%

21.7%

12.3%

10.6%

6.4%

21.8%

9.0%
Unknown

2.3%

15.9%

 *

.

6.6%

 *

4.0%

 *

2.1%

4.8%

 *

2.3%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

6.3%

12.8%

 *

15.6%

9.2%

8.5%

4.0%

11.6%

5.7%
1 location only

22.5%

25.1%

20.0%

15.2%

15.3%

10.3%

 *

23.0%

15.6%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

15.7%

26.9%

32.7%

19.9%

9.3%

 *

1.2%

 *

27.6%

5.8%
25-49 %

10.9%

23.4%

20.7%

13.0%

5.4%

 *

0.3%

 *

20.6%

2.7%
50-74 %

16.0%

23.2%

22.0%

13.3%

7.4%

 *

6.5%

 *

21.9%

7.4%
75% or more

16.0%

25.3%

18.1%

12.0%

10.2%

4.3%

22.1%

7.1%
 
Union presence
No union employees

16.2%

24.8%

18.9%

11.6%

9.3%

1.8%

21.9%

6.0%
Has union employees

14.8%

27.1%

30.6%

31.7%

11.3%

7.0%

 *

29.3%

9.1%
Unknown

8.8%

30.7%

 *

13.1%

 *

11.7%

 *

5.4%

 *

7.4%

22.8%

 *

7.5%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

14.3%

25.2%

17.7%

12.2%

8.4%

1.2%

 *

21.5%

5.7%
Less than 50% low wage

18.3%

24.4%

19.4%

12.7%

9.8%

5.0%

21.8%

8.9%
Unknown

7.6%

36.1%

28.9%

 *

14.9%

 *

9.8%

 *

4.2%

33.8%

4.6%
 
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.(1)(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer an exclusive-provider 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

0.56%

0.89%

1.46%

0.94%

1.14%

0.68%

0.75%

0.63%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

2.16%

1.16%

9.39%

 *

5.50%

 *

12.11%

 *

5.97%

 *

2.68%

5.39%
Mining and manufacturing

1.27%

4.10%

3.93%

0.99%

1.15%

1.20%

2.22%

0.56%
Construction

1.74%

2.85%

4.33%

2.99%

6.32%

 *

7.99%

 *

2.10%

3.68%
Utilities and transp.

3.27%

4.15%

3.53%

 *

5.76%

 *

1.93%

 *

5.17%

 *

3.10%

4.16%

 *
Wholesale trade

1.14%

2.59%

4.01%

2.61%

 *

1.67%

 *

2.79%

 *

1.93%

1.28%

 *
Fin. svs. and real estate

0.71%

1.30%

3.53%

3.36%

 *

2.87%

0.89%

 *

1.21%

0.66%
Retail trade

0.69%

2.56%

3.75%

2.71%

1.97%

 *

0.29%

1.90%

0.48%
Professional services

0.87%

1.17%

1.90%

1.34%

2.75%

2.55%

0.87%

1.60%
Other services

1.03%

1.20%

2.81%

1.97%

2.87%

1.62%

 *

1.23%

1.35%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.52%

1.12%

1.58%

1.05%

1.21%

0.65%

0.88%

0.57%
For profit, unincorporated

1.17%

1.26%

3.58%

2.52%

2.22%

 *

2.20%

 *

1.34%

1.93%
Nonprofit

1.42%

2.10%

4.04%

3.04%

3.21%

6.38%

 *

1.33%

2.05%
Unknown

1.95%

3.94%

3.79%

4.11%

4.47%

 *

1.08%

 *

2.64%

2.68%

 *
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

2.11%

1.92%

3.76%

2.48%

5.27%

 *

0.83%

 *

2.07%

2.99%

 *
5-9 years

1.17%

2.28%

2.67%

2.28%

2.17%

 *

1.00%

 *

1.44%

1.32%
10-19 years

1.39%

1.95%

2.64%

2.22%

2.82%

 *

0.98%

 *

1.55%

2.33%

 *
20 or more years

0.85%

0.98%

1.46%

0.88%

1.64%

1.76%

0.71%

1.30%
Unknown

0.43%

10.19%

 *

.

10.04%

 *

2.58%

 *

0.40%

6.38%

 *

0.43%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.48%

3.92%

 *

3.78%

1.91%

1.10%

0.68%

1.67%

0.56%
1 location only

0.87%

0.94%

1.68%

0.94%

3.33%

3.18%

 *

0.87%

1.76%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

1.86%

5.25%

6.63%

3.80%

2.92%

 *

1.44%

 *

3.58%

1.35%
25-49 %

0.96%

2.81%

2.64%

3.54%

1.91%

 *

0.29%

 *

1.26%

0.74%
50-74 %

1.72%

1.94%

3.34%

2.91%

2.44%

 *

2.35%

 *

2.01%

1.54%
75% or more

0.54%

0.95%

1.62%

1.20%

1.06%

0.80%

0.79%

0.68%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.59%

0.90%

1.36%

1.06%

1.26%

0.45%

0.72%

0.55%
Has union employees

2.11%

5.91%

8.46%

4.08%

2.59%

2.29%

 *

5.13%

2.02%
Unknown

1.30%

9.40%

 *

9.01%

 *

3.88%

 *

6.87%

 *

1.59%

7.71%

 *

1.35%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

0.75%

1.76%

1.77%

1.92%

1.74%

0.59%

 *

0.74%

0.89%
Less than 50% low wage

0.75%

0.88%

1.93%

1.14%

1.09%

1.49%

0.82%

0.86%
Unknown

0.87%

6.50%

8.71%

 *

5.22%

 *

4.15%

 *

0.85%

5.60%

0.81%
 
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.