Table I.A.2.c(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 family 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

24.5%

41.8%

32.7%

16.3%

7.0%

6.4%

36.9%

7.5%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

48.2%

50.4%

52.0%

41.4%

24.2%

 *

12.4%

 *

51.0%

24.9%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

24.3%

37.0%

32.6%

14.7%

7.6%

16.4%

32.0%

12.1%
Construction

42.1%

51.3%

38.9%

21.7%

12.0%

16.8%

 *

44.5%

22.2%
Utilities and transp.

22.5%

37.0%

31.1%

25.5%

 *

14.5%

 *

8.3%

 *

33.7%

12.1%

 *
Wholesale trade

24.5%

39.7%

28.7%

12.3%

4.9%

 *

11.8%

 *

33.4%

9.1%

 *
Fin. svs. and real estate

14.7%

33.6%

25.4%

8.2%

 *

9.7%

2.4%

 *

29.9%

4.4%
Retail trade

14.9%

40.1%

25.7%

12.6%

3.4%

 *

2.6%

 *

33.2%

2.8%
Professional services

28.1%

40.4%

29.4%

15.5%

5.4%

 *

18.3%

36.0%

12.6%
Other services

27.0%

45.0%

40.1%

20.2%

7.9%

2.8%

40.6%

7.2%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

22.9%

42.2%

32.6%

15.6%

6.1%

5.7%

36.5%

6.6%
For profit, unincorporated

28.0%

36.0%

29.5%

15.4%

4.8%

14.8%

 *

33.5%

12.0%

 *
Nonprofit

26.1%

46.1%

26.9%

21.9%

9.9%

12.6%

 *

37.7%

12.7%
Unknown

37.1%

51.4%

51.9%

19.0%

 *

18.6%

 *

0.6%

 *

49.6%

6.4%

 *
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

30.0%

35.4%

32.7%

13.6%

6.3%

 *

5.2%

 *

33.8%

7.7%

 *
5-9 years

31.9%

40.5%

27.5%

21.4%

7.7%

 *

8.8%

 *

36.5%

10.3%
10-19 years

31.4%

43.3%

29.9%

12.2%

3.4%

4.5%

 *

37.0%

6.8%
20 or more years

24.8%

43.4%

35.5%

17.2%

8.4%

9.0%

 *

37.7%

9.5%
Unknown

4.0%

95.8%

.

.

1.1%

 *

4.1%

22.8%

 *

4.0%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

8.0%

38.7%

21.6%

11.4%

6.3%

6.4%

20.6%

6.6%
1 location only

36.8%

41.9%

34.3%

19.8%

12.3%

11.4%

 *

38.2%

16.8%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

18.2%

32.9%

39.5%

24.3%

5.7%

 *

2.5%

 *

33.4%

5.6%
25-49 %

19.5%

47.7%

32.7%

17.7%

4.1%

 *

1.7%

 *

38.7%

3.4%
50-74 %

24.8%

41.4%

36.8%

19.9%

5.1%

 *

3.0%

 *

39.0%

4.2%

 *
75% or more

25.4%

41.9%

31.7%

15.1%

7.9%

8.3%

36.5%

9.0%
 
Union presence
No union employees

24.8%

41.0%

31.2%

14.9%

5.8%

2.2%

35.9%

5.0%
Has union employees

33.1%

69.2%

66.9%

41.9%

26.0%

17.8%

 *

64.3%

20.8%
Unknown

10.7%

39.8%

16.1%

 *

10.3%

 *

1.6%

 *

9.1%

29.2%

8.8%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

22.0%

40.5%

35.4%

14.8%

6.8%

2.6%

35.4%

5.9%
Less than 50% low wage

29.0%

42.1%

32.2%

16.7%

7.7%

3.3%

37.1%

7.6%
Unknown

11.5%

42.1%

31.2%

19.5%

 *

3.3%

 *

8.6%

38.9%

8.3%
 
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.c(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 family 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

0.69%

1.39%

1.38%

0.87%

0.74%

1.60%

1.05%

1.02%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

3.38%

3.04%

12.37%

10.71%

11.71%

 *

7.50%

 *

2.86%

8.38%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

2.19%

4.49%

5.01%

2.19%

1.48%

2.74%

3.44%

1.64%
Construction

1.45%

2.70%

2.98%

3.25%

2.60%

8.41%

 *

1.57%

3.33%
Utilities and transp.

3.07%

4.28%

6.01%

8.29%

 *

7.26%

 *

4.93%

 *

3.45%

4.45%

 *
Wholesale trade

1.75%

3.16%

4.50%

1.74%

2.37%

 *

4.14%

 *

2.36%

3.09%

 *
Fin. svs. and real estate

1.26%

2.56%

5.23%

2.85%

 *

2.11%

0.76%

 *

2.38%

0.78%
Retail trade

1.06%

2.53%

3.97%

2.12%

1.28%

 *

0.93%

 *

1.42%

0.77%
Professional services

1.48%

1.89%

2.33%

2.59%

1.72%

 *

5.25%

1.49%

2.87%
Other services

0.89%

1.97%

3.18%

1.82%

1.91%

0.71%

1.48%

0.55%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.65%

1.18%

1.64%

1.29%

0.94%

1.24%

0.98%

0.97%
For profit, unincorporated

2.04%

1.96%

4.31%

2.91%

1.42%

5.89%

 *

1.78%

4.47%

 *
Nonprofit

2.89%

5.68%

4.32%

4.60%

2.95%

5.69%

 *

3.99%

2.40%
Unknown

2.40%

3.43%

4.54%

6.83%

 *

10.75%

 *

2.68%

 *

2.68%

3.33%

 *
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

1.52%

1.99%

2.77%

3.63%

7.89%

 *

4.55%

 *

1.65%

2.81%

 *
5-9 years

2.20%

3.05%

4.09%

3.76%

2.93%

 *

7.00%

 *

2.58%

1.45%
10-19 years

0.96%

2.04%

2.71%

0.96%

0.92%

1.80%

 *

1.37%

1.11%
20 or more years

1.04%

1.84%

2.06%

1.13%

1.03%

3.37%

 *

1.08%

1.82%
Unknown

0.81%

28.56%

.

.

1.66%

 *

0.88%

11.08%

 *

0.84%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

1.06%

9.63%

3.47%

1.01%

0.82%

1.61%

3.08%

1.15%
1 location only

0.97%

1.38%

1.38%

1.07%

1.47%

4.12%

 *

1.04%

1.24%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

2.31%

5.16%

8.57%

4.56%

3.22%

 *

1.12%

 *

4.32%

1.58%
25-49 %

1.20%

2.85%

5.95%

4.17%

1.33%

 *

0.99%

 *

2.31%

0.73%
50-74 %

1.40%

3.27%

3.27%

3.05%

2.48%

 *

1.64%

 *

2.22%

1.56%

 *
75% or more

0.75%

1.42%

1.82%

1.06%

0.95%

1.95%

1.03%

1.09%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.73%

1.49%

1.34%

0.93%

0.72%

0.25%

1.11%

0.23%
Has union employees

3.53%

4.49%

3.84%

6.46%

5.06%

6.35%

 *

3.07%

5.28%
Unknown

0.90%

6.99%

8.77%

 *

6.19%

 *

1.66%

 *

1.17%

5.68%

1.12%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

0.99%

2.65%

2.93%

1.65%

1.86%

0.67%

2.18%

0.71%
Less than 50% low wage

0.88%

1.45%

1.54%

1.13%

0.65%

0.54%

1.14%

0.33%
Unknown

1.91%

4.01%

9.22%

6.29%

 *

1.68%

 *

2.33%

3.40%

2.14%
 
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.