Table I.A.2.b.(1)(2004) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer an exclusive-provider plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2004
 
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

13.6%

22.8%

19.2%

13.1%

6.6%

1.3%

20.8%

3.9%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

18.0%

15.5%

26.6%

 *

7.3%

 *

18.1%

 *

42.1%

 *

16.8%

24.5%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

12.5%

20.5%

16.3%

10.6%

2.3%

 *

1.1%

 *

17.1%

3.9%
Construction

20.3%

24.2%

17.6%

13.0%

12.8%

 *

0.4%

 *

21.4%

10.1%
Utilities and transp.

12.6%

26.5%

18.3%

 *

10.1%

 *

8.3%

 *

1.4%

 *

21.4%

4.4%
Wholesale trade

16.1%

25.4%

21.7%

12.2%

5.1%

 *

0.2%

 *

22.3%

4.3%

 *
Fin. svs. and real estate

10.2%

21.4%

21.5%

14.1%

7.6%

 *

1.1%

 *

21.0%

3.1%
Retail trade

8.3%

21.5%

17.5%

11.8%

3.6%

 *

0.8%

 *

19.4%

1.7%
Professional services

14.5%

21.2%

14.6%

16.1%

8.0%

2.1%

19.2%

6.2%
Other services

16.2%

25.2%

25.7%

12.5%

7.0%

 *

1.3%

 *

23.9%

4.0%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

12.6%

23.2%

18.2%

11.8%

5.0%

1.2%

20.5%

2.9%
For profit, unincorporated

15.4%

21.2%

19.2%

13.9%

 *

5.8%

 *

0.9%

 *

20.4%

3.5%
Nonprofit

18.8%

23.8%

25.8%

19.3%

12.1%

6.0%

 *

23.5%

12.5%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

17.3%

20.7%

10.3%

 *

12.1%

 *

3.9%

 *

.

18.6%

3.9%

 *
5-9 years

18.4%

22.0%

15.4%

13.7%

9.6%

 *

3.2%

 *

19.9%

9.6%
10-19 years

18.8%

23.6%

19.4%

13.0%

6.1%

0.9%

 *

21.7%

5.7%
20 or more years

13.4%

23.1%

21.0%

12.9%

6.4%

1.0%

 *

21.0%

4.4%
Unknown

2.2%

22.8%

 *

21.8%

 *

20.9%

 *

8.3%

 *

1.5%

30.7%

 *

2.0%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

4.3%

20.4%

14.2%

11.4%

6.3%

1.2%

13.4%

3.2%
1 location only

20.8%

22.8%

19.9%

14.4%

8.5%

39.3%

21.5%

11.3%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

11.7%

20.0%

17.7%

 *

12.2%

 *

9.3%

 *

2.0%

 *

18.5%

5.2%
25-49 %

9.5%

19.2%

18.7%

13.5%

3.4%

 *

0.2%

 *

18.1%

2.1%

 *
50-74 %

14.5%

23.9%

21.4%

15.5%

8.0%

 *

1.5%

 *

22.8%

4.2%

 *
75% or more

14.0%

23.0%

18.8%

12.7%

6.3%

1.4%

20.7%

4.0%
 
Union presence
No union employees

14.8%

22.9%

19.2%

12.8%

5.7%

0.6%

21.0%

3.8%
Has union employees

9.1%

15.2%

18.3%

17.7%

15.1%

3.6%

16.1%

6.3%
Unknown

4.0%

28.6%

15.5%

 *

10.4%

 *

12.2%

 *

1.5%

21.9%

2.4%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

9.5%

21.9%

15.9%

10.2%

4.2%

 *

1.1%

18.6%

2.8%
Less than 50% low wage

15.1%

23.0%

20.0%

14.1%

8.0%

1.4%

21.3%

4.5%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 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.(1)(2004) 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 single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2004
 
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

0.33%

0.59%

0.87%

1.29%

0.74%

0.20%

0.43%

0.41%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

3.66%

4.34%

13.27%

 *

4.60%

 *

8.75%

 *

13.04%

 *

4.38%

8.68%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

1.23%

1.90%

3.48%

2.17%

1.06%

 *

0.50%

 *

1.72%

1.04%
Construction

2.04%

2.78%

3.27%

1.89%

5.69%

 *

0.29%

 *

2.20%

1.79%
Utilities and transp.

3.23%

7.70%

6.46%

 *

4.06%

 *

3.85%

 *

0.79%

 *

6.00%

1.22%
Wholesale trade

1.00%

3.34%

3.97%

3.58%

2.31%

 *

0.10%

 *

2.01%

1.36%

 *
Fin. svs. and real estate

0.93%

2.39%

3.32%

3.62%

2.40%

 *

0.39%

 *

1.99%

0.72%
Retail trade

0.81%

2.98%

2.49%

3.18%

1.29%

 *

0.30%

 *

2.18%

0.30%
Professional services

0.87%

1.20%

1.37%

2.14%

1.82%

0.50%

1.07%

1.19%
Other services

0.73%

1.43%

2.00%

2.18%

2.28%

 *

0.60%

 *

1.18%

0.68%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.41%

0.68%

1.15%

1.16%

0.97%

0.22%

0.62%

0.31%
For profit, unincorporated

0.72%

1.42%

3.04%

4.24%

 *

2.09%

 *

0.46%

 *

0.75%

0.72%
Nonprofit

1.23%

1.67%

2.98%

3.53%

2.24%

3.41%

 *

1.19%

2.53%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

2.05%

1.97%

3.85%

 *

6.00%

 *

2.19%

 *

.

2.13%

2.22%

 *
5-9 years

1.21%

2.24%

3.70%

2.32%

4.37%

 *

1.40%

 *

1.29%

2.47%
10-19 years

0.80%

1.21%

1.38%

2.09%

1.31%

0.61%

 *

0.88%

0.79%
20 or more years

0.46%

0.64%

0.70%

1.36%

0.97%

0.32%

 *

0.43%

0.71%
Unknown

0.47%

10.87%

 *

10.75%

 *

9.68%

 *

2.95%

 *

0.36%

13.17%

 *

0.41%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.39%

3.91%

3.06%

1.69%

0.82%

0.21%

1.51%

0.34%
1 location only

0.41%

0.59%

1.12%

1.75%

1.35%

9.00%

0.42%

1.21%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

1.66%

3.49%

7.05%

 *

4.28%

 *

3.76%

 *

1.91%

 *

3.21%

1.48%
25-49 %

1.09%

2.90%

4.41%

2.70%

1.81%

 *

0.17%

 *

2.04%

0.67%

 *
50-74 %

0.89%

1.29%

2.90%

1.93%

2.65%

 *

1.04%

 *

0.88%

1.29%

 *
75% or more

0.32%

0.63%

0.97%

1.34%

1.00%

0.18%

0.46%

0.46%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.35%

0.58%

0.89%

1.39%

0.83%

0.17%

0.45%

0.41%
Has union employees

1.12%

4.03%

3.22%

4.00%

4.22%

0.95%

3.15%

1.46%
Unknown

0.70%

8.07%

7.23%

 *

4.70%

 *

10.08%

 *

0.44%

5.73%

0.49%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

0.59%

2.24%

3.34%

2.32%

1.50%

 *

0.31%

1.65%

0.56%
Less than 50% low wage

0.48%

0.53%

1.59%

1.32%

0.87%

0.31%

0.63%

0.48%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2004 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.