Table I.A.2.b.(1)(2005) 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, 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

12.5%

20.1%

16.1%

11.7%

6.7%

2.4%

18.1%

4.7%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

14.8%

13.6%

 *

17.4%

 *

16.1%

 *

35.7%

 *

.

15.0%

 *

12.9%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

11.0%

22.8%

9.7%

7.9%

5.2%

 *

1.9%

15.6%

3.9%
Construction

20.3%

24.0%

19.2%

11.7%

 *

14.5%

 *

0.4%

 *

21.3%

12.2%
Utilities and transp.

8.4%

13.3%

 *

8.9%

 *

9.1%

 *

7.4%

 *

5.1%

 *

10.6%

 *

6.5%
Wholesale trade

14.5%

23.5%

16.2%

 *

14.5%

2.0%

 *

1.2%

 *

20.4%

4.2%
Fin. svs. and real estate

8.4%

18.4%

14.0%

9.2%

 *

5.4%

 *

1.6%

17.1%

2.7%
Retail trade

9.3%

21.9%

15.2%

8.9%

3.4%

2.7%

18.0%

3.4%
Professional services

13.5%

17.4%

16.8%

12.0%

10.1%

3.2%

16.6%

7.3%
Other services

13.9%

21.3%

18.2%

14.0%

6.8%

2.3%

 *

19.6%

5.0%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

10.9%

19.4%

15.0%

9.9%

4.4%

2.0%

16.8%

3.6%
For profit, unincorporated

15.8%

21.3%

17.9%

11.2%

6.9%

2.2%

20.4%

4.0%
Nonprofit

19.1%

21.5%

22.8%

21.7%

14.3%

12.9%

22.6%

14.5%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

16.3%

17.7%

16.1%

10.6%

 *

10.4%

 *

3.4%

 *

16.8%

11.4%
5-9 years

17.3%

20.8%

13.4%

10.7%

 *

11.0%

 *

3.7%

 *

18.6%

7.8%
10-19 years

16.4%

21.3%

15.5%

9.1%

4.5%

 *

2.9%

 *

18.9%

4.8%
20 or more years

12.4%

19.7%

17.1%

12.6%

7.3%

2.6%

17.8%

5.8%
Unknown

2.4%

.

.

14.9%

 *

2.9%

 *

2.2%

14.8%

 *

2.3%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

4.9%

19.2%

11.9%

11.5%

6.1%

2.4%

12.7%

4.1%
1 location only

18.0%

20.1%

16.6%

11.8%

10.6%

1.2%

 *

18.5%

11.0%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

11.6%

17.3%

21.3%

 *

14.6%

6.5%

 *

0.7%

 *

17.2%

4.8%
25-49 %

13.2%

25.9%

17.4%

11.8%

4.6%

 *

3.2%

 *

20.7%

5.1%
50-74 %

12.7%

19.8%

16.7%

10.8%

6.6%

2.6%

18.5%

4.1%
75% or more

12.4%

19.9%

15.7%

11.6%

7.0%

2.4%

17.8%

4.8%
 
Union presence
No union employees

13.3%

20.3%

16.0%

11.4%

6.2%

1.6%

18.2%

4.6%
Has union employees

9.4%

13.9%

19.4%

14.5%

 *

12.7%

5.1%

15.7%

6.7%
Unknown

4.9%

20.6%

 *

11.8%

 *

14.4%

 *

7.2%

 *

2.5%

 *

17.6%

2.9%

 *
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

9.9%

20.1%

14.0%

11.2%

4.7%

2.7%

16.9%

4.2%
Less than 50% low wage

13.2%

20.1%

16.6%

11.8%

7.6%

2.3%

18.3%

4.9%
 
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.
. 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)(2005) 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, 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

0.30%

0.79%

0.72%

0.69%

1.08%

0.35%

0.48%

0.28%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

4.17%

4.20%

 *

6.30%

 *

9.88%

 *

14.33%

 *

.

4.63%

 *

4.20%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

0.78%

2.47%

2.66%

1.77%

2.03%

 *

0.56%

1.29%

0.94%
Construction

1.98%

3.27%

2.34%

3.60%

 *

5.41%

 *

0.67%

 *

2.11%

2.60%
Utilities and transp.

2.10%

5.94%

 *

3.60%

 *

2.93%

 *

6.46%

 *

2.15%

 *

3.70%

 *

1.89%
Wholesale trade

1.82%

3.04%

4.87%

 *

3.10%

0.64%

 *

0.71%

 *

2.77%

0.78%
Fin. svs. and real estate

0.86%

2.48%

4.12%

3.61%

 *

2.24%

 *

0.46%

2.43%

0.61%
Retail trade

0.89%

1.84%

2.59%

2.33%

0.90%

0.77%

1.65%

0.68%
Professional services

0.52%

0.54%

1.51%

1.62%

2.31%

0.76%

0.53%

0.94%
Other services

1.05%

2.94%

2.52%

1.96%

1.77%

0.76%

 *

1.75%

0.43%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.38%

1.01%

0.92%

0.79%

0.80%

0.33%

0.59%

0.27%
For profit, unincorporated

0.79%

1.31%

2.69%

3.15%

1.43%

0.59%

1.10%

0.62%
Nonprofit

1.26%

2.79%

4.19%

3.89%

2.65%

2.67%

2.42%

1.14%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

1.92%

2.49%

3.89%

3.43%

 *

5.58%

 *

3.21%

 *

2.06%

3.13%
5-9 years

0.84%

1.65%

1.88%

4.15%

 *

3.68%

 *

3.37%

 *

0.96%

2.30%
10-19 years

1.01%

1.39%

1.35%

1.83%

1.53%

 *

1.59%

 *

1.05%

1.04%
20 or more years

0.49%

1.36%

1.35%

0.60%

1.10%

0.58%

0.80%

0.49%
Unknown

0.44%

.

.

7.37%

 *

1.56%

 *

0.49%

8.43%

 *

0.49%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.26%

4.44%

1.80%

1.16%

1.19%

0.35%

1.24%

0.29%
1 location only

0.47%

0.80%

0.85%

1.14%

1.46%

1.18%

 *

0.48%

0.99%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

1.07%

3.53%

9.98%

 *

4.09%

4.46%

 *

0.47%

 *

1.43%

1.24%
25-49 %

1.48%

3.80%

4.68%

3.27%

2.29%

 *

1.39%

 *

2.87%

0.96%
50-74 %

0.93%

1.91%

2.43%

2.34%

1.68%

0.63%

1.49%

0.77%
75% or more

0.32%

0.79%

0.74%

0.91%

1.20%

0.38%

0.53%

0.30%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.36%

0.75%

0.74%

0.65%

1.18%

0.24%

0.53%

0.35%
Has union employees

0.80%

3.05%

4.57%

5.05%

 *

1.87%

1.24%

1.93%

0.90%
Unknown

0.90%

7.06%

 *

8.34%

 *

6.26%

 *

3.15%

 *

0.88%

 *

4.17%

1.02%

 *
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

0.86%

2.44%

2.52%

1.68%

0.87%

0.59%

1.54%

0.63%
Less than 50% low wage

0.27%

0.75%

0.58%

0.94%

1.33%

0.36%

0.35%

0.40%
 
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.
. 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.