Table I.C.3.a(2003) Percent of total premiums for exclusive-provider plans contributed by employees enrolled in single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance 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

18.5%

13.4%

17.7%

22.3%

18.7%

18.4%

17.2%

19.0%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

9.1%

 *

18.3%

 *

7.2%

 *

9.4%

 *

4.7%

 *

8.9%

 *

16.6%

4.5%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

18.7%

10.6%

14.7%

25.0%

19.9%

17.5%

15.5%

19.8%
Construction

20.1%

16.4%

15.6%

20.5%

32.4%

20.3%

17.9%

23.9%
Utilities and transp.

16.9%

6.2%

 *

32.4%

14.7%

 *

16.3%

 *

17.2%

17.9%

16.7%
Wholesale trade

20.8%

12.0%

16.0%

19.2%

31.7%

22.0%

16.4%

24.8%
Fin. svs. and real estate

17.1%

12.5%

15.4%

23.7%

12.9%

18.5%

18.1%

16.8%
Retail trade

19.5%

13.8%

23.7%

20.9%

18.4%

20.2%

19.1%

19.7%
Professional services

16.1%

11.0%

14.7%

21.6%

15.0%

16.5%

14.3%

16.8%
Other services

22.0%

17.8%

22.5%

26.0%

23.6%

20.6%

20.6%

22.7%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

20.3%

13.8%

18.3%

24.7%

22.1%

19.8%

18.4%

21.1%
For profit, unincorporated

17.9%

15.2%

22.1%

22.7%

18.3%

17.0%

17.9%

18.0%
Nonprofit

13.0%

6.9%

9.7%

13.4%

11.9%

15.0%

9.0%

13.7%
Unknown

12.6%

10.3%

18.2%

11.2%

 *

16.7%

10.9%

13.1%

12.2%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

19.5%

16.3%

14.9%

 *

25.6%

20.1%

 *

23.8%

16.1%

24.0%
5-9 years

20.7%

15.3%

16.7%

23.0%

28.0%

23.4%

16.4%

26.4%
10-19 years

20.6%

13.0%

23.3%

25.3%

22.2%

17.4%

18.6%

22.6%
20 or more years

17.6%

12.3%

15.4%

20.9%

17.1%

18.3%

16.8%

17.9%
Unknown

18.3%

22.2%

 *

.

15.2%

 *

16.9%

18.3%

20.3%

 *

18.3%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

18.8%

11.2%

 *

22.7%

22.7%

17.8%

18.7%

22.2%

18.7%
1 location only

18.0%

13.5%

17.1%

22.2%

20.0%

13.1%

16.7%

20.1%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

20.3%

4.6%

 *

6.3%

 *

22.6%

 *

30.7%

24.8%

12.6%

 *

25.9%
25-49 %

22.1%

15.5%

19.3%

28.8%

24.8%

20.4%

20.7%

22.8%
50-74 %

20.8%

17.6%

23.7%

20.5%

20.9%

21.0%

19.7%

21.2%
75% or more

17.9%

12.8%

16.9%

22.2%

17.8%

17.9%

16.7%

18.4%
 
Union presence
No union employees

19.0%

13.7%

18.5%

22.8%

18.6%

19.7%

17.5%

19.9%
Has union employees

16.5%

4.1%

 *

4.4%

 *

13.9%

20.3%

16.6%

9.4%

17.2%
Unknown

17.2%

13.0%

 *

14.7%

 *

32.1%

8.5%

 *

17.1%

22.8%

16.8%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

22.9%

13.4%

31.1%

23.5%

24.8%

20.2%

22.3%

23.2%
Less than 50% low wage

17.8%

13.6%

16.0%

22.0%

17.3%

18.7%

16.5%

18.7%
Unknown

17.8%

8.3%

 *

9.4%

 *

22.1%

 *

17.9%

18.1%

11.8%

18.1%
 
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.C.3.a(2003) Standard error for percent of total premiums for exclusive-provider plans contributed by employees enrolled in single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance 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%

1.09%

1.41%

1.69%

1.47%

0.58%

0.88%

0.70%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

3.60%

 *

5.83%

 *

5.40%

 *

3.34%

 *

4.97%

 *

3.97%

 *

4.68%

4.00%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

0.88%

2.86%

3.26%

3.32%

1.90%

1.13%

1.79%

0.79%
Construction

2.31%

2.75%

4.29%

5.49%

5.42%

3.73%

2.26%

4.16%
Utilities and transp.

2.15%

3.06%

 *

6.92%

5.39%

 *

6.20%

 *

2.18%

3.98%

2.90%
Wholesale trade

2.13%

2.88%

4.29%

4.88%

5.20%

1.80%

2.65%

2.89%
Fin. svs. and real estate

1.91%

2.91%

4.23%

6.83%

2.74%

1.34%

3.86%

1.57%
Retail trade

1.75%

3.49%

2.89%

4.25%

3.13%

2.22%

2.34%

1.95%
Professional services

0.54%

1.81%

2.88%

3.09%

1.46%

1.14%

1.34%

0.71%
Other services

1.55%

1.94%

3.36%

3.82%

3.83%

1.41%

1.99%

1.91%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.70%

1.27%

1.75%

1.84%

2.20%

0.66%

1.07%

0.90%
For profit, unincorporated

0.82%

1.56%

5.61%

4.04%

2.69%

2.35%

1.55%

1.47%
Nonprofit

0.77%

1.77%

2.34%

2.69%

0.84%

0.98%

1.57%

0.88%
Unknown

1.31%

2.07%

4.54%

9.16%

 *

3.63%

2.72%

1.63%

2.07%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

2.28%

2.80%

6.46%

 *

5.47%

7.59%

 *

4.04%

2.74%

5.06%
5-9 years

1.97%

3.12%

3.47%

5.89%

3.19%

3.18%

2.39%

2.47%
10-19 years

1.74%

2.13%

3.78%

2.03%

4.42%

1.79%

1.44%

3.48%
20 or more years

0.90%

1.73%

1.85%

2.22%

1.08%

1.01%

1.44%

0.82%
Unknown

0.81%

7.03%

 *

.

5.11%

 *

3.55%

0.81%

6.14%

 *

0.81%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.60%

5.85%

 *

5.08%

2.60%

1.02%

0.58%

3.11%

0.61%
1 location only

1.15%

1.10%

1.54%

1.89%

2.41%

2.90%

0.93%

2.04%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

3.92%

2.42%

 *

7.45%

 *

6.95%

 *

6.22%

5.74%

4.82%

 *

4.50%
25-49 %

1.82%

4.32%

4.03%

5.71%

7.01%

2.56%

3.27%

1.93%
50-74 %

1.55%

4.16%

4.01%

4.04%

2.74%

2.30%

2.73%

2.06%
75% or more

0.60%

1.09%

1.34%

1.84%

1.63%

0.44%

1.04%

0.64%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.64%

1.16%

1.34%

1.80%

1.14%

0.74%

0.78%

0.85%
Has union employees

1.63%

3.09%

 *

1.87%

 *

2.83%

4.98%

1.28%

2.80%

1.93%
Unknown

1.01%

8.38%

 *

5.48%

 *

8.72%

5.49%

 *

0.87%

5.68%

0.97%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

1.88%

2.73%

4.60%

2.55%

3.14%

3.30%

2.68%

2.02%
Less than 50% low wage

0.79%

1.03%

1.74%

2.17%

1.55%

0.90%

0.97%

1.07%
Unknown

0.53%

2.59%

 *

4.62%

 *

7.26%

 *

2.91%

0.58%

3.44%

0.53%
 
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.