Table I.A.2.b.(2)(2004) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer a mixed-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

24.3%

37.1%

31.4%

23.7%

14.6%

7.3%

34.4%

10.7%

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

30.4%

30.0%

32.1%

44.7%

27.5%

*

2.8%

*

31.4%

24.6%

*
Mining and manufacturing

24.6%

36.8%

29.4%

20.3%

14.0%

*

6.9%

31.4%

12.0%

Construction

32.7%

32.3%

36.2%

29.1%

22.8%

*

38.1%

33.1%

28.7%

Utilities and transp.

24.6%

28.2%

47.2%

29.2%

26.3%

12.6%

*

33.1%

16.7%

Wholesale trade

25.9%

43.5%

24.8%

16.6%

12.8%

6.3%

*

34.8%

9.1%

Fin. svs. and real estate

23.8%

40.4%

45.2%

31.0%

19.1%

9.5%

41.0%

12.5%

Retail trade

12.8%

31.6%

22.6%

19.2%

9.8%

1.7%

*

27.4%

4.1%

Professional services

31.1%

43.3%

32.3%

24.1%

14.7%

17.0%

39.3%

16.4%

Other services

22.5%

32.9%

30.2%

24.0%

13.1%

3.9%

31.3%

8.7%

 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

23.4%

37.3%

31.0%

24.1%

13.7%

7.5%

34.1%

10.4%

For profit, unincorporated

26.3%

36.0%

30.5%

19.6%

19.2%

2.0%

*

34.3%

7.1%

Nonprofit

28.2%

38.3%

35.5%

24.5%

15.7%

19.0%

36.4%

17.1%

 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

29.2%

33.3%

28.3%

11.6%

*

9.0%

*

.

31.1%

9.0%

*
5-9 years

33.3%

38.9%

35.9%

19.1%

16.7%

*

3.3%

*

37.0%

12.2%

10-19 years

28.9%

35.7%

26.8%

20.7%

12.4%

13.9%

*

32.0%

15.6%

20 or more years

25.5%

38.3%

33.0%

26.4%

15.1%

10.2%

35.7%

13.3%

Unknown

5.1%

58.9%

*

52.8%

*

11.6%

*

15.6%

4.3%

22.6%

*

4.9%

 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

12.2%

37.6%

32.6%

23.9%

14.2%

7.2%

32.2%

9.8%

1 location only

33.7%

37.1%

31.2%

23.4%

17.6%

40.8%

34.6%

20.5%

 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

20.3%

33.1%

34.4%

23.2%

13.5%

3.8%

*

32.7%

8.4%

25-49 %

18.2%

32.7%

36.4%

24.1%

11.7%

1.7%

*

33.5%

4.9%

50-74 %

21.1%

36.7%

29.3%

18.8%

10.8%

2.3%

33.4%

5.7%

75% or more

25.9%

37.7%

31.2%

24.5%

16.0%

9.6%

34.7%

12.8%

 
Union presence
No union employees

25.1%

36.8%

30.9%

22.7%

12.8%

4.4%

34.0%

9.3%

Has union employees

28.5%

48.0%

40.7%

38.4%

30.6%

19.7%

45.2%

21.8%

Unknown

10.2%

38.6%

33.4%

*

23.5%

*

30.2%

*

6.2%

36.5%

7.9%

 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

17.1%

35.2%

28.0%

23.6%

11.0%

2.0%

*

32.5%

5.9%

Less than 50% low wage

26.9%

37.5%

32.3%

23.7%

16.8%

10.3%

34.8%

13.3%

 
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.(2)(2004) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer a mixed-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

0.38%

0.55%

2.05%

1.61%

1.55%

0.70%

0.72%

0.49%

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

4.30%

6.90%

9.37%

12.67%

15.03%

*

4.07%

*

5.58%

8.47%

*
Mining and manufacturing

1.77%

3.97%

3.68%

3.31%

4.31%

*

1.47%

1.80%

2.11%

Construction

1.42%

2.05%

3.18%

3.26%

6.97%

*

10.98%

1.54%

3.83%

Utilities and transp.

1.98%

4.67%

8.93%

6.85%

7.40%

3.86%

*

3.57%

2.68%

Wholesale trade

2.05%

3.49%

6.68%

3.16%

2.69%

2.77%

*

2.97%

2.07%

Fin. svs. and real estate

1.34%

3.24%

5.07%

5.86%

2.65%

2.47%

2.37%

1.75%

Retail trade

0.82%

3.20%

2.36%

2.74%

2.85%

0.61%

*

2.11%

0.65%

Professional services

1.01%

2.02%

1.57%

2.54%

1.91%

2.39%

1.48%

1.44%

Other services

0.78%

1.83%

3.45%

1.52%

2.68%

0.65%

1.26%

1.03%

 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.49%

0.70%

1.77%

1.43%

1.50%

0.84%

0.74%

0.67%

For profit, unincorporated

0.88%

1.87%

4.01%

4.03%

3.34%

0.91%

*

1.42%

0.95%

Nonprofit

1.50%

2.60%

4.09%

4.08%

2.77%

3.80%

1.97%

1.71%

 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

1.65%

2.23%

3.63%

4.15%

*

7.27%

*

.

1.95%

4.71%

*
5-9 years

1.20%

1.73%

3.41%

3.62%

5.48%

*

2.78%

*

1.31%

2.30%

10-19 years

1.37%

1.69%

2.72%

1.55%

2.47%

5.28%

*

1.65%

1.84%

20 or more years

0.55%

1.29%

2.54%

2.43%

1.55%

1.29%

1.01%

0.73%

Unknown

0.76%

19.11%

*

16.73%

*

8.19%

*

4.00%

0.77%

13.20%

*

0.69%

 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.55%

8.07%

4.43%

2.90%

1.78%

0.72%

2.59%

0.52%

1 location only

0.51%

0.63%

1.90%

1.36%

2.12%

8.40%

0.65%

1.96%

 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

1.68%

3.76%

6.75%

5.73%

3.36%

2.58%

*

2.02%

1.87%

25-49 %

1.24%

4.46%

4.14%

4.09%

3.21%

0.87%

*

2.62%

1.16%

50-74 %

0.75%

1.45%

3.37%

2.55%

2.25%

0.52%

1.17%

0.78%

75% or more

0.53%

0.72%

1.88%

1.57%

1.77%

1.20%

0.75%

0.83%

 
Union presence
No union employees

0.32%

0.63%

1.83%

1.55%

1.35%

0.76%

0.58%

0.56%

Has union employees

2.34%

6.09%

7.61%

7.00%

6.54%

2.23%

5.65%

1.96%

Unknown

1.27%

8.76%

12.24%

*

10.07%

*

10.26%

*

1.31%

8.01%

1.16%

 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

0.76%

1.84%

3.51%

1.81%

2.03%

0.81%

*

1.40%

0.68%

Less than 50% low wage

0.55%

0.81%

2.33%

2.18%

1.48%

1.12%

0.89%

0.67%

 
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.