Table I.A.2.c.(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 family 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

7.3%

13.2%

11.0%

4.5%

2.0%

0.8%

11.6%

1.6%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

14.1%

11.8%

24.4%

 *

7.3%

 *

.

42.1%

 *

13.6%

16.8%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

5.7%

10.1%

6.0%

 *

3.9%

 *

2.3%

 *

0.9%

 *

7.6%

2.0%
Construction

14.8%

17.7%

14.1%

8.9%

1.7%

 *

0.3%

 *

15.9%

5.0%

 *
Utilities and transp.

6.0%

 *

10.0%

 *

14.8%

 *

3.9%

 *

4.7%

 *

1.1%

 *

9.5%

 *

2.8%

 *
Wholesale trade

10.1%

18.3%

14.3%

2.7%

 *

2.0%

 *

0.7%

 *

14.5%

1.8%

 *
Fin. svs. and real estate

3.4%

7.8%

10.6%

2.7%

 *

0.3%

 *

0.5%

 *

7.8%

0.5%

 *
Retail trade

4.7%

11.2%

14.1%

5.2%

 *

1.9%

 *

0.4%

 *

11.3%

0.8%
Professional services

6.5%

11.5%

6.2%

2.4%

1.1%

 *

1.5%

 *

9.2%

1.7%
Other services

9.4%

15.8%

12.3%

6.7%

4.3%

 *

0.6%

 *

13.9%

2.3%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

7.1%

14.1%

10.4%

4.4%

1.9%

0.7%

11.9%

1.3%
For profit, unincorporated

7.1%

10.1%

10.7%

3.5%

 *

0.1%

 *

0.7%

 *

9.7%

1.0%

 *
Nonprofit

9.2%

14.2%

15.0%

5.6%

3.5%

 *

2.7%

 *

12.9%

4.1%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

12.0%

14.5%

9.6%

 *

4.6%

 *

0.0%

 *

.

13.1%

1.0%

 *
5-9 years

10.2%

12.8%

8.8%

 *

4.7%

 *

5.2%

 *

0.4%

 *

11.1%

4.9%

 *
10-19 years

9.5%

12.8%

10.1%

4.4%

1.3%

 *

.

11.4%

1.4%

 *
20 or more years

7.0%

13.3%

12.0%

4.6%

1.9%

 *

0.7%

 *

11.5%

1.7%
Unknown

1.1%

22.8%

 *

21.8%

 *

0.9%

 *

3.6%

 *

0.9%

4.8%

 *

1.0%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

1.6%

8.1%

 *

8.8%

 *

2.1%

 *

2.0%

0.7%

5.3%

1.1%
1 location only

11.7%

13.3%

11.3%

6.3%

2.2%

33.5%

12.1%

6.1%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

6.5%

10.1%

12.3%

 *

6.5%

 *

5.2%

 *

1.1%

 *

10.4%

2.8%

 *
25-49 %

5.2%

8.8%

11.6%

 *

6.7%

 *

4.2%

 *

0.1%

 *

9.5%

1.4%

 *
50-74 %

6.7%

12.2%

10.6%

6.7%

 *

0.4%

 *

0.5%

 *

11.3%

1.0%

 *
75% or more

7.7%

13.9%

10.9%

3.8%

1.9%

0.9%

11.8%

1.6%
 
Union presence
No union employees

7.7%

13.2%

10.6%

3.7%

1.3%

0.2%

 *

11.5%

1.0%
Has union employees

7.2%

10.6%

18.0%

14.4%

9.4%

 *

2.9%

13.0%

4.8%
Unknown

2.7%

22.6%

 *

4.1%

 *

16.0%

 *

6.6%

 *

0.9%

 *

15.5%

 *

1.6%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

5.6%

14.0%

8.9%

4.7%

2.1%

 *

0.6%

 *

11.3%

1.4%
Less than 50% low wage

7.9%

13.0%

11.5%

4.4%

2.0%

0.9%

11.6%

1.7%
 
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.c.(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 family 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

0.26%

0.59%

1.17%

0.58%

0.45%

0.15%

0.46%

0.23%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

2.72%

2.98%

12.36%

 *

4.60%

 *

.

13.04%

 *

3.16%

6.53%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

0.83%

2.41%

2.39%

 *

1.54%

 *

1.06%

 *

0.51%

 *

1.26%

0.51%
Construction

1.62%

1.96%

3.85%

2.26%

1.04%

 *

0.29%

 *

1.79%

1.96%

 *
Utilities and transp.

1.92%

 *

3.48%

 *

6.14%

 *

3.77%

 *

2.62%

 *

0.53%

 *

2.99%

 *

1.04%

 *
Wholesale trade

1.11%

2.06%

4.18%

1.12%

 *

1.23%

 *

0.87%

 *

1.56%

0.70%

 *
Fin. svs. and real estate

0.58%

1.76%

2.77%

1.42%

 *

0.19%

 *

0.34%

 *

1.52%

0.29%

 *
Retail trade

0.63%

1.85%

2.92%

1.96%

 *

1.07%

 *

0.22%

 *

1.72%

0.21%
Professional services

0.57%

1.28%

1.12%

0.52%

0.73%

 *

0.50%

 *

0.98%

0.43%
Other services

0.49%

0.85%

1.54%

1.36%

1.34%

 *

0.29%

 *

0.78%

0.47%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.32%

0.86%

1.31%

0.62%

0.46%

0.13%

0.55%

0.14%
For profit, unincorporated

0.78%

1.42%

2.29%

1.37%

 *

0.05%

 *

0.46%

 *

1.07%

0.47%

 *
Nonprofit

0.88%

2.09%

1.72%

1.39%

1.52%

 *

1.22%

 *

1.33%

1.12%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

1.58%

1.90%

3.97%

 *

4.60%

 *

0.03%

 *

.

1.66%

0.68%

 *
5-9 years

1.53%

1.77%

3.80%

 *

1.57%

 *

3.61%

 *

0.33%

 *

1.60%

2.20%

 *
10-19 years

0.61%

1.17%

1.25%

1.13%

0.67%

 *

.

0.74%

0.42%

 *
20 or more years

0.30%

0.59%

1.25%

0.62%

0.58%

 *

0.27%

 *

0.51%

0.33%
Unknown

0.23%

10.87%

 *

10.75%

 *

0.97%

 *

1.62%

 *

0.24%

10.22%

 *

0.23%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.26%

4.28%

 *

3.24%

 *

1.11%

 *

0.49%

0.15%

1.37%

0.17%
1 location only

0.52%

0.57%

1.45%

0.85%

0.65%

9.76%

0.54%

1.01%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

1.75%

2.64%

6.14%

 *

3.47%

 *

3.20%

 *

1.15%

 *

2.94%

0.98%

 *
25-49 %

0.81%

1.53%

3.65%

 *

2.23%

 *

2.18%

 *

0.16%

 *

1.20%

0.60%

 *
50-74 %

0.72%

2.00%

2.01%

2.11%

 *

0.21%

 *

0.56%

 *

1.11%

0.44%

 *
75% or more

0.33%

0.71%

1.19%

0.61%

0.55%

0.14%

0.52%

0.25%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.32%

0.59%

1.16%

0.60%

0.33%

0.06%

 *

0.46%

0.16%
Has union employees

0.93%

2.41%

4.28%

3.82%

4.41%

 *

0.79%

2.16%

1.15%
Unknown

0.56%

9.93%

 *

3.05%

 *

5.64%

 *

8.98%

 *

0.32%

 *

5.43%

 *

0.43%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

0.27%

1.00%

2.18%

0.96%

0.65%

 *

0.22%

 *

0.67%

0.31%
Less than 50% low wage

0.36%

0.62%

1.35%

0.68%

0.59%

0.20%

0.54%

0.25%
 
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.