Table I.A.2.b.(2)(2003) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer a mixed-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

24.4%

35.4%

31.7%

23.9%

15.7%

8.2%

33.4%

11.9%

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

39.1%

40.2%

33.4%

*

39.7%

36.4%

*

21.1%

*

39.7%

34.4%

Mining and manufacturing

22.9%

31.8%

24.1%

22.6%

12.4%

14.0%

28.7%

13.6%

Construction

35.8%

37.2%

41.2%

24.6%

32.8%

8.9%

*

37.2%

24.4%

Utilities and transp.

28.3%

27.3%

41.5%

37.7%

34.2%

17.7%

32.5%

24.5%

Wholesale trade

24.4%

35.5%

27.4%

23.2%

8.7%

*

11.4%

*

31.9%

11.5%

Fin. svs. and real estate

22.4%

40.3%

36.8%

25.4%

23.2%

5.9%

38.1%

11.8%

Retail trade

14.3%

31.5%

28.8%

15.3%

7.4%

*

3.6%

28.5%

4.9%

Professional services

30.5%

37.8%

33.5%

27.5%

17.7%

19.1%

36.5%

18.7%

Other services

21.6%

31.5%

27.8%

22.4%

12.2%

5.5%

29.6%

10.0%

 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

22.7%

35.1%

30.7%

22.6%

15.0%

7.6%

32.6%

10.8%

For profit, unincorporated

29.1%

34.1%

35.1%

23.0%

9.5%

*

18.9%

*

33.8%

15.6%

Nonprofit

28.2%

37.6%

28.3%

34.2%

20.5%

8.6%

*

35.0%

20.4%

Unknown

31.3%

39.9%

46.5%

23.0%

24.2%

*

1.5%

*

40.0%

10.0%

 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

28.9%

34.6%

23.1%

19.2%

7.2%

*

6.2%

*

31.6%

12.8%

*
5-9 years

30.2%

35.4%

30.2%

24.5%

12.9%

*

11.6%

*

33.5%

14.9%

10-19 years

28.7%

34.3%

29.6%

24.9%

10.3%

6.1%

*

32.5%

11.9%

20 or more years

25.8%

36.4%

34.3%

24.1%

19.0%

11.6%

34.4%

15.6%

Unknown

5.4%

79.9%

*

.

3.3%

*

4.3%

*

5.4%

19.0%

*

5.3%

 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

12.6%

26.6%

27.9%

22.0%

15.0%

8.2%

26.4%

11.0%

1 location only

33.2%

35.5%

32.3%

25.2%

20.5%

24.1%

34.0%

21.3%

 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

16.3%

31.2%

24.5%

21.5%

8.3%

*

2.8%

*

28.7%

6.1%

25-49 %

14.9%

29.4%

24.4%

17.3%

10.2%

2.8%

*

26.7%

4.9%

50-74 %

23.0%

36.6%

27.4%

18.9%

11.8%

5.9%

*

32.9%

8.7%

75% or more

26.3%

35.8%

33.7%

25.4%

18.1%

10.2%

34.4%

14.2%

 
Union presence
No union employees

25.0%

35.2%

31.3%

23.0%

15.0%

4.2%

33.2%

10.4%

Has union employees

27.8%

39.9%

45.9%

42.3%

28.7%

19.2%

*

43.4%

21.7%

Unknown

11.9%

33.3%

9.2%

*

7.6%

*

6.7%

*

10.9%

22.8%

10.8%

 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

20.6%

35.6%

26.0%

18.7%

11.4%

2.5%

30.8%

8.4%

Less than 50% low wage

29.2%

35.5%

33.0%

26.0%

19.1%

8.5%

34.1%

16.0%

Unknown

11.6%

32.1%

31.5%

14.5%

*

6.6%

*

9.5%

30.6%

9.4%

 
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.
. 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.(2)(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer a mixed-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

0.44%

0.74%

1.36%

1.89%

1.31%

1.38%

0.52%

0.86%

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

4.06%

4.84%

11.08%

*

8.11%

11.40%

*

9.55%

*

4.30%

8.33%

Mining and manufacturing

1.45%

4.38%

4.74%

3.67%

1.69%

2.54%

2.32%

1.11%

Construction

1.39%

1.76%

3.38%

3.52%

8.15%

6.07%

*

1.40%

5.11%

Utilities and transp.

3.02%

4.32%

5.57%

8.96%

8.56%

4.62%

4.10%

3.88%

Wholesale trade

1.77%

2.66%

5.40%

5.48%

4.21%

*

3.83%

*

2.44%

2.52%

Fin. svs. and real estate

1.56%

2.06%

4.30%

5.77%

4.26%

1.25%

2.04%

1.79%

Retail trade

1.26%

2.89%

3.76%

3.57%

2.38%

*

1.02%

2.69%

0.70%

Professional services

0.98%

1.61%

3.36%

4.29%

2.39%

4.69%

1.10%

2.16%

Other services

0.58%

1.54%

1.60%

1.99%

2.19%

1.48%

0.74%

1.22%

 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.50%

0.84%

1.44%

2.01%

1.95%

1.03%

0.61%

0.73%

For profit, unincorporated

1.77%

1.97%

3.35%

4.12%

3.52%

*

6.48%

*

1.74%

4.11%

Nonprofit

1.77%

3.15%

4.34%

3.17%

4.27%

3.15%

*

1.76%

2.70%

Unknown

2.72%

3.50%

4.48%

4.38%

11.71%

*

1.00%

*

2.76%

2.97%

 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

2.07%

3.01%

4.89%

2.99%

5.94%

*

4.75%

*

2.57%

3.87%

*
5-9 years

1.36%

1.80%

4.42%

4.21%

4.61%

*

7.21%

*

1.33%

2.93%

10-19 years

1.18%

1.36%

2.89%

2.47%

1.96%

2.11%

*

1.35%

1.61%

20 or more years

0.94%

1.28%

1.76%

1.96%

2.11%

2.99%

0.69%

1.65%

Unknown

0.91%

25.34%

*

.

1.32%

*

4.67%

*

0.83%

10.01%

*

0.92%

 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

1.00%

4.61%

3.46%

2.38%

1.44%

1.39%

2.61%

0.92%

1 location only

0.60%

0.74%

1.80%

1.69%

3.36%

5.62%

0.59%

1.23%

 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

1.55%

3.74%

4.91%

5.25%

2.76%

*

0.91%

*

3.26%

1.03%

25-49 %

1.37%

4.38%

4.29%

3.29%

2.95%

1.40%

*

2.47%

1.28%

50-74 %

1.16%

1.92%

2.89%

3.15%

2.37%

2.51%

*

1.19%

1.78%

75% or more

0.69%

0.98%

1.68%

2.22%

1.41%

1.58%

0.79%

0.96%

 
Union presence
No union employees

0.38%

0.79%

1.46%

1.92%

1.33%

0.52%

0.50%

0.43%

Has union employees

3.62%

5.36%

10.01%

5.88%

5.73%

5.86%

*

4.68%

4.73%

Unknown

1.72%

6.80%

10.94%

*

3.79%

*

3.65%

*

2.02%

6.49%

1.78%

 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

0.75%

1.76%

2.51%

2.29%

2.15%

0.46%

0.93%

1.29%

Less than 50% low wage

0.53%

0.79%

1.56%

2.21%

1.41%

1.84%

0.56%

0.77%

Unknown

1.85%

4.07%

5.77%

5.52%

*

2.45%

*

2.10%

3.53%

1.94%

 
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.