Table I.A.2.c.(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 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

8.1%

13.8%

12.4%

5.1%

1.7%

1.8%

 *

12.5%

2.1%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

10.2%

8.6%

20.7%

 *

8.9%

 *

16.6%

 *

10.2%

 *

9.9%

 *

12.6%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

10.0%

16.6%

16.7%

4.9%

0.8%

 *

3.3%

 *

14.7%

2.4%

 *
Construction

13.8%

16.9%

11.3%

8.6%

3.7%

 *

12.2%

 *

14.1%

11.1%
Utilities and transp.

6.6%

 *

15.5%

3.4%

 *

5.7%

 *

0.5%

 *

2.7%

 *

11.7%

 *

1.8%

 *
Wholesale trade

9.2%

14.2%

16.2%

2.9%

 *

0.8%

 *

2.7%

 *

13.5%

1.8%

 *
Fin. svs. and real estate

4.5%

11.7%

9.8%

 *

2.4%

 *

1.3%

 *

0.1%

 *

10.6%

0.4%

 *
Retail trade

4.4%

12.4%

8.6%

 *

2.9%

 *

1.4%

 *

0.3%

 *

10.3%

0.5%

 *
Professional services

8.4%

12.1%

8.2%

3.6%

1.1%

 *

7.2%

10.5%

4.4%
Other services

10.4%

16.3%

18.4%

8.3%

2.9%

 *

0.4%

 *

15.7%

2.6%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

7.6%

14.1%

12.9%

4.5%

1.5%

1.4%

 *

12.6%

1.7%
For profit, unincorporated

8.8%

11.0%

8.9%

6.0%

 *

1.8%

 *

5.0%

 *

10.2%

4.5%

 *
Nonprofit

8.8%

15.0%

9.5%

 *

8.3%

 *

1.9%

 *

7.7%

 *

12.6%

4.4%

 *
Unknown

12.9%

18.3%

17.7%

6.5%

 *

3.9%

 *

0.1%

 *

17.5%

1.4%

 *
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

8.7%

9.8%

10.3%

 *

4.2%

 *

5.4%

 *

0.2%

 *

9.7%

3.2%

 *
5-9 years

9.9%

12.3%

9.2%

 *

9.1%

1.0%

 *

0.6%

 *

11.5%

2.6%

 *
10-19 years

11.7%

15.9%

12.3%

4.7%

0.8%

 *

0.0%

 *

13.9%

2.2%

 *
20 or more years

8.2%

14.4%

13.5%

4.7%

1.8%

3.0%

 *

12.7%

2.8%
Unknown

0.8%

15.9%

 *

.

.

0.4%

 *

0.8%

 *

3.8%

 *

0.8%

 *
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

2.0%

7.1%

 *

7.5%

 *

2.0%

 *

1.2%

 *

1.8%

 *

5.0%

1.6%
1 location only

12.7%

13.9%

13.2%

7.4%

5.1%

3.6%

 *

13.1%

7.5%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

5.2%

6.8%

16.9%

 *

9.8%

 *

0.5%

 *

0.5%

 *

10.4%

0.9%

 *
25-49 %

5.9%

13.6%

9.6%

 *

7.5%

2.0%

 *

0.2%

 *

11.2%

1.4%

 *
50-74 %

8.7%

13.6%

16.8%

6.4%

 *

1.9%

 *

0.7%

 *

13.7%

1.4%

 *
75% or more

8.5%

14.2%

11.7%

4.4%

1.8%

2.4%

 *

12.5%

2.5%
 
Union presence
No union employees

8.2%

13.5%

11.8%

4.3%

1.3%

0.5%

 *

12.1%

1.3%
Has union employees

10.4%

22.2%

25.1%

18.6%

7.5%

4.2%

 *

22.3%

5.8%

 *
Unknown

4.3%

19.0%

 *

13.1%

 *

7.4%

 *

0.7%

 *

3.2%

15.3%

 *

3.2%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

7.1%

11.8%

13.4%

6.5%

2.3%

 *

0.4%

 *

11.4%

2.1%
Less than 50% low wage

9.6%

14.1%

11.9%

4.6%

1.4%

0.9%

 *

12.5%

2.0%
Unknown

4.0%

17.7%

21.1%

 *

6.4%

 *

1.3%

 *

2.4%

 *

18.3%

2.3%

 *
 
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.(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 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

0.43%

0.75%

0.99%

0.54%

0.39%

0.60%

 *

0.61%

0.42%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

3.04%

2.16%

8.27%

 *

4.73%

 *

8.96%

 *

5.97%

 *

3.20%

 *

6.27%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

1.79%

4.75%

4.07%

1.29%

0.42%

 *

1.14%

 *

2.99%

0.75%

 *
Construction

0.91%

1.94%

2.62%

2.52%

1.55%

 *

8.05%

 *

1.12%

3.04%
Utilities and transp.

2.21%

 *

4.62%

3.78%

 *

3.88%

 *

0.35%

 *

3.55%

 *

3.55%

 *

2.13%

 *
Wholesale trade

1.46%

2.91%

3.35%

1.16%

 *

0.48%

 *

2.77%

 *

2.24%

1.17%

 *
Fin. svs. and real estate

0.86%

2.22%

3.63%

 *

1.06%

 *

1.12%

 *

0.05%

 *

1.97%

0.18%

 *
Retail trade

0.61%

1.63%

3.25%

 *

1.37%

 *

0.72%

 *

0.19%

 *

1.06%

0.27%

 *
Professional services

0.71%

1.20%

1.75%

0.66%

0.62%

 *

2.02%

0.88%

1.15%
Other services

0.60%

1.51%

2.47%

1.96%

1.44%

 *

0.29%

 *

1.00%

0.60%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.36%

0.89%

1.12%

0.59%

0.34%

0.43%

 *

0.65%

0.32%
For profit, unincorporated

0.73%

1.15%

2.27%

2.62%

 *

1.19%

 *

2.29%

 *

0.94%

2.03%

 *
Nonprofit

1.38%

1.89%

2.93%

 *

2.77%

 *

0.87%

 *

5.46%

 *

1.87%

1.61%

 *
Unknown

2.13%

4.23%

3.89%

3.06%

 *

4.57%

 *

0.07%

 *

2.96%

2.71%

 *
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

0.89%

1.21%

3.77%

 *

1.71%

 *

5.82%

 *

0.83%

 *

1.01%

1.76%

 *
5-9 years

1.25%

2.28%

3.09%

 *

1.85%

0.57%

 *

0.48%

 *

1.55%

0.84%

 *
10-19 years

1.16%

1.70%

2.06%

0.93%

0.28%

 *

0.01%

 *

1.41%

0.73%

 *
20 or more years

0.60%

0.98%

0.99%

0.45%

0.46%

1.40%

 *

0.63%

0.80%
Unknown

0.24%

10.19%

 *

.

.

1.41%

 *

0.27%

 *

6.43%

 *

0.24%

 *
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.40%

2.48%

 *

2.61%

 *

0.89%

 *

0.42%

 *

0.60%

 *

0.93%

0.44%
1 location only

0.57%

0.76%

1.09%

0.61%

0.86%

1.85%

 *

0.61%

0.78%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

0.94%

1.37%

5.65%

 *

3.19%

 *

0.83%

 *

0.75%

 *

1.75%

0.45%

 *
25-49 %

0.86%

3.00%

3.62%

 *

2.11%

1.19%

 *

0.20%

 *

1.95%

0.47%

 *
50-74 %

0.90%

1.29%

2.34%

2.23%

 *

1.31%

 *

0.77%

 *

1.14%

0.61%

 *
75% or more

0.41%

0.65%

1.06%

0.55%

0.40%

0.79%

 *

0.54%

0.48%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.44%

0.77%

0.96%

0.66%

0.37%

0.23%

 *

0.62%

0.19%
Has union employees

1.84%

5.77%

7.22%

2.81%

1.66%

1.92%

 *

4.14%

1.86%

 *
Unknown

0.71%

6.28%

 *

9.01%

 *

3.45%

 *

1.66%

 *

0.87%

5.61%

 *

0.85%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

0.52%

1.23%

1.74%

1.10%

0.79%

 *

0.36%

 *

0.85%

0.40%
Less than 50% low wage

0.62%

0.89%

1.56%

0.47%

0.42%

0.39%

 *

0.80%

0.21%
Unknown

0.87%

2.94%

6.78%

 *

3.00%

 *

0.73%

 *

0.84%

 *

2.93%

0.77%

 *
 
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.