Table I.A.2.d(2003) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer two or more health insurance plans 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

32.6%

10.5%

16.8%

26.4%

40.3%

73.5%

13.5%

58.7%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

8.0%

5.6%

 *

7.5%

 *

10.6%

 *

39.5%

 *

57.2%

6.4%

 *

21.2%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

28.3%

9.9%

14.0%

30.8%

36.6%

69.3%

15.0%

49.2%
Construction

20.2%

13.4%

21.3%

29.6%

51.3%

80.3%

16.8%

48.2%
Utilities and transp.

37.3%

12.5%

 *

23.6%

 *

12.7%

19.9%

 *

84.4%

14.2%

58.7%
Wholesale trade

27.8%

9.5%

18.9%

19.4%

32.9%

73.0%

13.4%

52.6%
Fin. svs. and real estate

43.8%

11.8%

17.3%

25.2%

48.2%

74.4%

13.7%

64.1%
Retail trade

40.9%

7.5%

12.7%

23.1%

34.6%

69.4%

10.4%

60.9%
Professional services

29.7%

11.5%

18.0%

35.0%

43.6%

77.3%

14.7%

59.4%
Other services

30.1%

9.3%

15.0%

21.8%

40.6%

75.3%

12.0%

56.4%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

34.4%

9.6%

16.6%

26.4%

39.4%

72.9%

13.3%

59.6%
For profit, unincorporated

26.5%

13.0%

18.6%

28.5%

39.7%

81.7%

14.5%

61.5%
Nonprofit

28.2%

11.5%

14.5%

23.7%

46.6%

58.1%

13.8%

44.8%
Unknown

27.8%

10.6%

20.4%

 *

29.1%

30.8%

 *

84.2%

13.3%

63.2%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

16.7%

12.5%

19.7%

24.6%

24.4%

 *

63.6%

14.2%

31.3%
5-9 years

17.1%

8.6%

19.8%

26.9%

41.5%

45.8%

12.3%

39.5%
10-19 years

17.4%

8.9%

15.9%

24.2%

38.4%

64.8%

11.6%

42.7%
20 or more years

35.2%

11.9%

16.3%

26.9%

41.3%

81.3%

14.9%

59.2%
Unknown

67.4%

79.9%

 *

100.0%

 *

46.6%

 *

46.7%

68.7%

62.3%

67.4%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

56.7%

13.4%

22.4%

25.7%

39.6%

73.5%

19.8%

60.9%
1 location only

14.6%

10.5%

16.0%

26.9%

45.4%

66.7%

13.0%

37.2%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

29.7%

7.7%

9.1%

 *

20.1%

 *

44.6%

52.0%

10.0%

46.0%
25-49 %

38.5%

7.7%

13.1%

 *

16.9%

41.2%

72.6%

10.2%

62.4%
50-74 %

30.8%

8.0%

14.2%

22.6%

33.2%

77.7%

10.3%

60.6%
75% or more

32.5%

11.4%

18.1%

28.3%

41.1%

74.6%

14.6%

59.0%
 
Union presence
No union employees

26.1%

10.1%

15.2%

24.7%

39.2%

65.0%

12.7%

50.1%
Has union employees

69.0%

21.2%

43.1%

52.8%

60.5%

90.1%

32.0%

83.4%
Unknown

76.4%

20.9%

 *

39.9%

 *

42.1%

 *

28.3%

84.2%

27.2%

81.3%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

25.1%

7.9%

12.9%

17.9%

31.3%

61.6%

10.3%

42.8%
Less than 50% low wage

25.0%

11.0%

17.6%

28.9%

44.0%

78.1%

14.2%

53.7%
Unknown

66.4%

12.7%

19.4%

 *

32.1%

46.6%

74.6%

14.6%

72.4%
 
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.
** 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.d(2003) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer two or more health insurance plans 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

0.77%

0.55%

1.57%

0.93%

1.58%

1.76%

0.66%

1.10%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

1.99%

2.07%

 *

8.75%

 *

6.16%

 *

13.56%

 *

12.59%

2.05%

 *

7.85%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

1.42%

2.45%

2.76%

3.48%

3.88%

2.97%

1.46%

2.11%
Construction

1.91%

2.26%

3.66%

4.15%

7.49%

8.65%

2.16%

4.29%
Utilities and transp.

5.48%

4.02%

 *

9.18%

 *

3.32%

6.86%

 *

5.44%

2.73%

6.61%
Wholesale trade

1.93%

2.39%

5.05%

4.02%

5.57%

5.15%

2.12%

2.80%
Fin. svs. and real estate

2.74%

1.63%

2.79%

3.65%

3.93%

5.18%

1.44%

3.87%
Retail trade

1.61%

1.01%

2.38%

1.65%

4.59%

3.05%

1.19%

2.43%
Professional services

1.44%

0.78%

2.68%

3.33%

2.69%

3.15%

0.98%

2.39%
Other services

2.08%

1.30%

3.18%

2.79%

4.56%

2.55%

1.44%

3.12%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.95%

0.52%

1.55%

1.11%

1.66%

1.66%

0.69%

1.04%
For profit, unincorporated

2.56%

1.71%

3.61%

3.01%

5.17%

5.81%

1.69%

4.49%
Nonprofit

1.18%

1.46%

2.98%

4.31%

3.24%

6.40%

0.82%

3.03%
Unknown

3.07%

2.37%

6.50%

 *

4.33%

9.26%

 *

5.57%

1.68%

6.10%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

1.69%

2.16%

4.27%

3.52%

9.31%

 *

9.86%

1.82%

5.38%
5-9 years

1.22%

1.30%

4.08%

2.38%

4.32%

8.07%

1.36%

2.01%
10-19 years

0.88%

1.12%

1.77%

1.79%

3.68%

6.83%

0.99%

1.84%
20 or more years

0.96%

0.75%

2.03%

1.64%

2.34%

1.58%

0.90%

1.43%
Unknown

2.31%

25.34%

 *

31.62%

 *

14.81%

 *

3.56%

2.50%

16.50%

2.32%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

1.33%

3.70%

3.11%

1.42%

1.84%

1.76%

1.93%

1.22%
1 location only

0.73%

0.59%

1.53%

1.30%

3.16%

6.05%

0.69%

1.90%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

2.84%

2.12%

5.55%

 *

6.21%

 *

5.70%

6.74%

2.00%

4.86%
25-49 %

1.29%

1.77%

4.13%

 *

2.87%

4.77%

3.00%

1.86%

1.83%
50-74 %

2.69%

1.06%

2.18%

4.55%

5.16%

2.91%

1.14%

3.62%
75% or more

0.82%

0.66%

1.75%

1.73%

1.70%

2.17%

0.68%

1.45%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.84%

0.59%

1.49%

0.91%

1.92%

2.95%

0.67%

1.72%
Has union employees

1.96%

4.11%

7.81%

10.12%

6.02%

2.56%

3.61%

2.17%
Unknown

1.61%

8.87%

 *

12.56%

 *

13.21%

 *

8.20%

1.70%

7.47%

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

1.57%

0.90%

1.86%

1.68%

2.36%

3.33%

0.78%

2.09%
Less than 50% low wage

0.77%

0.52%

1.69%

1.73%

1.88%

3.38%

0.76%

1.46%
Unknown

1.76%

2.42%

8.52%

 *

8.53%

3.98%

1.81%

2.86%

1.61%
 
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.
** 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.