Table I.C.3.a(2004) 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, 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

18.6%

11.4%

15.2%

20.0%

20.8%

19.8%

15.1%

20.1%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

8.3%

 *

.

2.9%

 *

21.2%

 *

5.5%

 *

22.8%

1.8%

 *

10.5%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

18.0%

6.8%

 *

19.9%

18.4%

22.5%

16.8%

16.3%

18.6%
Construction

18.8%

15.2%

16.1%

22.6%

19.1%

26.1%

18.3%

19.9%
Utilities and transp.

20.3%

8.7%

 *

12.2%

 *

25.6%

18.4%

22.7%

11.1%

21.8%
Wholesale trade

17.3%

5.5%

 *

18.9%

18.6%

20.7%

18.4%

15.9%

18.4%
Fin. svs. and real estate

17.4%

13.0%

10.6%

14.1%

18.5%

19.1%

13.0%

18.7%
Retail trade

24.6%

16.7%

16.9%

23.5%

28.2%

27.6%

19.5%

27.0%
Professional services

16.6%

12.4%

13.9%

16.0%

18.4%

17.4%

13.3%

17.6%
Other services

21.1%

8.4%

13.5%

30.4%

27.2%

22.5%

14.2%

25.2%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

19.3%

12.0%

17.0%

20.6%

22.6%

20.2%

16.2%

20.9%
For profit, unincorporated

19.8%

11.4%

13.9%

24.5%

 *

25.2%

21.1%

14.3%

23.1%
Nonprofit

15.5%

6.4%

 *

7.7%

14.4%

16.5%

17.6%

8.9%

16.8%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

21.9%

15.1%

30.3%

19.9%

27.7%

22.5%

19.0%

24.9%
5-9 years

18.4%

17.8%

14.0%

 *

20.1%

21.6%

17.4%

17.7%

19.1%
10-19 years

18.8%

9.8%

15.8%

27.7%

19.9%

16.5%

15.6%

22.7%
20 or more years

18.0%

10.0%

14.0%

17.3%

20.4%

20.2%

14.0%

19.7%
Unknown

19.7%

.

.

9.4%

 *

20.9%

19.7%

.

19.8%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

19.6%

16.5%

16.4%

16.6%

19.8%

19.9%

17.2%

19.7%
1 location only

17.3%

11.3%

15.1%

21.1%

22.3%

15.4%

14.9%

21.5%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

18.3%

13.3%

 *

21.0%

 *

27.6%

16.3%

16.7%

 *

19.9%

17.3%
25-49 %

22.0%

15.6%

12.0%

 *

24.0%

20.9%

31.0%

16.5%

24.2%
50-74 %

19.2%

9.2%

19.4%

19.5%

20.3%

21.8%

15.8%

20.6%
75% or more

18.3%

11.6%

14.7%

19.6%

21.0%

19.2%

14.8%

19.8%
 
Union presence
No union employees

18.7%

11.7%

16.0%

20.7%

20.8%

20.3%

15.5%

20.6%
Has union employees

18.0%

2.4%

 *

4.9%

 *

10.9%

 *

19.6%

19.7%

6.8%

 *

18.9%
Unknown

18.7%

4.3%

 *

7.5%

 *

33.8%

 *

23.7%

18.2%

10.9%

 *

19.0%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

23.1%

17.8%

18.0%

27.5%

23.2%

23.6%

20.9%

24.0%
Less than 50% low wage

17.6%

10.1%

14.7%

18.3%

20.1%

19.0%

13.9%

19.2%
 
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.C.3.a(2004) 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, 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

0.49%

1.17%

1.25%

1.46%

1.08%

0.45%

0.65%

0.59%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

4.21%

 *

.

10.29%

 *

6.39%

 *

5.00%

 *

6.80%

10.39%

 *

4.31%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

1.09%

2.27%

 *

3.27%

3.01%

1.91%

0.69%

2.00%

1.07%
Construction

2.36%

2.55%

2.61%

3.65%

3.98%

3.67%

2.26%

3.18%
Utilities and transp.

2.70%

3.26%

 *

4.67%

 *

5.94%

4.14%

3.33%

3.23%

2.82%
Wholesale trade

1.72%

2.12%

 *

3.62%

4.33%

2.75%

2.49%

2.83%

1.69%
Fin. svs. and real estate

0.53%

2.36%

2.82%

2.67%

4.68%

0.79%

1.76%

0.86%
Retail trade

0.94%

4.52%

3.73%

4.33%

2.22%

1.11%

1.56%

1.03%
Professional services

0.66%

3.22%

1.84%

1.79%

1.65%

0.81%

1.92%

0.61%
Other services

1.55%

1.35%

3.59%

4.78%

2.00%

1.87%

1.77%

2.15%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.52%

1.24%

1.65%

1.41%

1.49%

0.47%

0.61%

0.80%
For profit, unincorporated

1.95%

1.77%

3.97%

7.70%

 *

1.92%

3.30%

1.59%

2.50%
Nonprofit

0.56%

2.78%

 *

1.97%

1.96%

1.12%

1.15%

1.46%

0.66%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

2.54%

3.00%

6.10%

4.13%

3.91%

5.99%

2.81%

3.29%
5-9 years

0.91%

2.84%

5.26%

 *

5.11%

3.41%

1.98%

2.28%

1.75%
10-19 years

1.49%

1.37%

3.43%

3.74%

2.53%

2.47%

1.45%

3.01%
20 or more years

0.56%

0.96%

1.50%

1.15%

1.47%

0.83%

0.93%

0.72%
Unknown

0.86%

.

.

5.63%

 *

3.07%

0.90%

.

0.86%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.37%

4.33%

3.04%

1.85%

1.18%

0.49%

1.75%

0.41%
1 location only

0.80%

1.20%

1.27%

1.93%

2.01%

3.44%

0.77%

1.62%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

2.19%

4.08%

 *

8.43%

 *

6.08%

4.49%

5.47%

 *

3.77%

3.27%
25-49 %

1.92%

4.40%

6.29%

 *

2.63%

4.68%

4.05%

4.82%

1.51%
50-74 %

1.13%

2.09%

3.93%

2.73%

2.42%

1.97%

2.41%

1.42%
75% or more

0.51%

1.49%

1.12%

2.02%

1.17%

0.50%

0.71%

0.53%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.49%

1.18%

1.41%

1.60%

1.10%

0.74%

0.63%

0.63%
Has union employees

1.08%

1.30%

 *

3.67%

 *

7.08%

 *

4.07%

0.92%

3.75%

 *

0.87%
Unknown

0.63%

5.59%

 *

7.07%

 *

10.21%

 *

4.16%

0.63%

5.79%

 *

0.66%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

1.59%

2.55%

4.90%

4.39%

1.10%

1.39%

2.48%

1.47%
Less than 50% low wage

0.44%

0.80%

1.29%

1.43%

1.51%

0.43%

0.44%

0.58%
 
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.