Table I.A.2.b(2005) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2005
 
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

40.6%

67.2%

50.6%

35.9%

19.9%

8.1%

59.7%

14.2%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

65.6%

75.3%

55.5%

58.6%

49.4%

 *

1.1%

 *

69.6%

37.5%
Mining and manufacturing

37.3%

57.6%

45.4%

31.7%

24.8%

10.7%

49.5%

18.3%
Construction

58.8%

68.8%

50.1%

41.6%

45.1%

17.2%

 *

61.5%

36.4%
Utilities and transp.

28.0%

50.4%

34.6%

31.2%

18.3%

 *

12.9%

42.1%

15.8%
Wholesale trade

44.1%

72.6%

46.4%

35.7%

13.2%

7.2%

61.4%

14.1%
Fin. svs. and real estate

32.1%

68.2%

55.5%

36.2%

18.8%

7.7%

63.2%

11.7%
Retail trade

26.5%

66.7%

43.5%

29.6%

11.2%

4.6%

55.4%

7.4%
Professional services

49.3%

67.7%

57.5%

39.7%

24.8%

15.0%

63.1%

21.5%
Other services

40.3%

65.7%

51.3%

34.0%

19.1%

6.5%

57.8%

13.5%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

37.4%

66.8%

48.3%

33.3%

17.3%

7.5%

57.6%

12.4%
For profit, unincorporated

48.9%

65.8%

49.2%

38.8%

20.6%

9.3%

62.2%

14.4%
Nonprofit

51.9%

74.8%

69.4%

47.2%

28.5%

18.0%

69.7%

28.3%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

54.4%

63.5%

39.1%

29.1%

22.0%

 *

9.8%

 *

57.5%

21.4%
5-9 years

53.4%

63.5%

48.0%

32.5%

23.6%

6.2%

 *

58.2%

19.9%
10-19 years

53.3%

68.1%

49.0%

36.4%

16.2%

4.7%

 *

60.7%

18.8%
20 or more years

40.5%

69.0%

53.3%

36.7%

21.1%

8.7%

60.1%

16.4%
Unknown

8.7%

13.2%

 *

19.8%

 *

31.0%

 *

15.3%

7.7%

30.6%

 *

8.5%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

15.6%

62.2%

48.4%

32.0%

19.0%

8.0%

43.9%

12.5%
1 location only

58.9%

67.3%

50.8%

38.6%

26.5%

23.6%

 *

60.9%

31.0%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

38.5%

66.6%

58.4%

38.9%

17.0%

4.0%

 *

61.3%

11.1%
25-49 %

37.8%

73.2%

52.2%

37.7%

21.1%

4.6%

 *

61.1%

12.9%
50-74 %

41.3%

69.1%

51.0%

30.8%

19.3%

4.7%

61.4%

10.8%
75% or more

40.9%

66.4%

50.0%

36.2%

20.2%

9.4%

59.1%

15.1%
 
Union presence
No union employees

42.8%

67.3%

49.8%

34.7%

18.5%

5.3%

59.6%

13.4%
Has union employees

33.8%

64.4%

61.8%

52.9%

35.1%

17.4%

62.6%

21.7%
Unknown

15.8%

68.5%

53.5%

31.3%

 *

25.5%

7.9%

57.6%

9.6%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

32.4%

73.1%

47.0%

33.6%

14.6%

4.4%

60.2%

9.8%
Less than 50% low wage

43.0%

66.1%

51.4%

36.6%

22.4%

9.7%

59.6%

16.0%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 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.
** 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(2005) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2005
 
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

0.62%

1.13%

1.76%

1.24%

1.68%

0.51%

0.95%

0.63%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

6.17%

6.60%

9.01%

12.10%

14.96%

 *

4.67%

 *

6.13%

10.98%
Mining and manufacturing

1.04%

2.61%

2.92%

4.21%

2.53%

0.84%

1.54%

1.56%
Construction

1.88%

3.15%

4.70%

3.99%

7.39%

5.60%

 *

2.18%

4.25%
Utilities and transp.

3.04%

5.41%

7.32%

5.77%

6.77%

 *

3.08%

4.84%

2.91%
Wholesale trade

1.30%

2.58%

4.26%

3.43%

3.02%

2.15%

1.85%

1.91%
Fin. svs. and real estate

1.16%

3.21%

5.31%

4.63%

2.42%

1.06%

2.51%

0.87%
Retail trade

0.78%

1.80%

3.00%

4.66%

2.15%

0.78%

1.34%

0.88%
Professional services

0.82%

0.93%

3.64%

1.80%

2.91%

1.66%

1.19%

1.49%
Other services

1.43%

2.93%

3.77%

2.76%

3.69%

1.26%

2.29%

1.00%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.71%

1.54%

1.94%

1.70%

1.51%

0.61%

1.24%

0.50%
For profit, unincorporated

1.77%

1.77%

4.17%

4.82%

3.08%

1.45%

1.55%

1.51%
Nonprofit

2.15%

2.77%

4.77%

4.81%

2.63%

2.30%

1.68%

2.13%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

2.86%

3.00%

7.82%

7.51%

9.50%

 *

3.55%

 *

2.69%

4.12%
5-9 years

1.39%

2.27%

3.68%

3.45%

4.25%

3.66%

 *

1.69%

2.51%
10-19 years

1.06%

1.30%

3.22%

3.21%

3.73%

1.49%

 *

0.99%

2.86%
20 or more years

0.91%

2.06%

2.21%

2.10%

1.71%

1.04%

1.26%

0.80%
Unknown

0.54%

10.06%

 *

14.47%

 *

9.79%

 *

3.02%

0.44%

14.45%

 *

0.58%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.52%

7.40%

5.27%

2.03%

1.87%

0.49%

2.34%

0.55%
1 location only

0.94%

1.14%

1.56%

1.79%

2.00%

8.08%

 *

0.94%

2.15%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

2.70%

5.07%

10.51%

4.92%

4.71%

2.48%

 *

3.96%

2.15%
25-49 %

1.98%

3.14%

3.66%

5.04%

5.06%

1.42%

 *

1.99%

2.35%
50-74 %

1.02%

2.02%

3.02%

3.68%

2.96%

0.87%

1.64%

1.37%
75% or more

0.70%

1.15%

1.87%

1.44%

1.41%

0.58%

1.01%

0.71%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.76%

1.09%

1.53%

1.23%

1.83%

0.50%

0.89%

0.68%
Has union employees

1.25%

4.48%

7.18%

4.85%

3.16%

2.02%

3.51%

1.85%
Unknown

2.05%

8.13%

14.73%

12.11%

 *

4.50%

1.45%

9.37%

1.47%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

0.83%

2.46%

3.08%

3.19%

1.69%

0.62%

1.31%

0.85%
Less than 50% low wage

0.76%

1.34%

1.76%

1.24%

1.75%

0.65%

1.09%

0.75%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2005 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.
** 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.