Table I.A.2.c.(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 family 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

6.5%

11.7%

8.8%

4.4%

1.8%

0.7%

10.1%

1.5%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

8.6%

 *

7.3%

 *

15.9%

 *

11.6%

 *

.

.

9.2%

 *

5.1%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

6.8%

15.0%

7.2%

 *

3.3%

 *

2.0%

 *

1.3%

 *

10.3%

1.4%
Construction

12.3%

16.2%

9.9%

3.3%

 *

5.3%

 *

1.7%

 *

13.1%

5.6%

 *
Utilities and transp.

5.0%

 *

11.0%

 *

.

4.0%

 *

1.3%

 *

4.1%

 *

7.0%

 *

3.2%

 *
Wholesale trade

8.2%

14.8%

11.0%

2.9%

 *

1.6%

 *

0.5%

 *

12.3%

1.2%

 *
Fin. svs. and real estate

3.2%

7.4%

6.5%

 *

3.1%

 *

0.8%

 *

0.6%

 *

6.8%

0.8%

 *
Retail trade

5.2%

13.3%

11.3%

7.2%

 *

0.5%

 *

0.1%

 *

11.4%

1.1%

 *
Professional services

5.6%

7.6%

7.5%

2.9%

3.4%

 *

1.7%

 *

7.0%

2.6%
Other services

8.0%

15.3%

9.1%

5.7%

1.4%

 *

0.1%

 *

12.6%

0.8%

 *
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

6.0%

11.8%

9.0%

3.8%

1.0%

0.5%

 *

9.9%

1.2%
For profit, unincorporated

7.8%

11.1%

7.9%

4.4%

 *

2.5%

 *

0.6%

 *

10.3%

1.3%

 *
Nonprofit

8.1%

12.7%

7.8%

 *

7.3%

4.0%

 *

5.2%

 *

11.0%

4.2%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

8.6%

10.5%

5.8%

 *

1.1%

 *

5.9%

 *

.

9.1%

3.7%

 *
5-9 years

10.3%

12.8%

6.6%

5.7%

 *

8.2%

 *

0.1%

 *

11.1%

4.9%

 *
10-19 years

8.9%

11.6%

9.4%

4.9%

 *

0.1%

 *

0.3%

 *

10.4%

2.0%

 *
20 or more years

6.1%

11.6%

9.4%

4.2%

1.8%

0.5%

 *

9.8%

1.5%
Unknown

1.0%

 *

.

.

5.7%

 *

0.2%

 *

1.0%

.

1.0%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

1.6%

9.5%

6.1%

4.1%

1.6%

0.7%

5.2%

1.3%
1 location only

10.0%

11.7%

9.1%

4.6%

3.1%

0.4%

 *

10.4%

3.8%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

6.6%

13.5%

 *

11.1%

 *

4.1%

 *

0.6%

 *

0.3%

 *

11.4%

0.7%

 *
25-49 %

7.2%

17.3%

10.3%

 *

4.6%

 *

0.4%

 *

0.0%

 *

13.1%

0.8%

 *
50-74 %

5.7%

9.8%

8.2%

5.4%

0.6%

 *

0.2%

 *

9.1%

0.7%

 *
75% or more

6.5%

11.6%

8.6%

4.2%

2.3%

0.9%

9.9%

1.8%
 
Union presence
No union employees

6.8%

11.7%

8.6%

4.0%

1.4%

 *

0.3%

10.0%

1.3%
Has union employees

5.8%

13.8%

11.4%

 *

8.6%

 *

7.8%

 *

1.9%

 *

12.3%

3.1%
Unknown

1.8%

7.1%

 *

10.6%

 *

8.1%

 *

0.5%

 *

0.8%

 *

8.9%

0.7%

 *
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

4.4%

10.6%

7.1%

5.1%

0.9%

 *

0.1%

 *

8.7%

0.9%

 *
Less than 50% low wage

7.1%

11.9%

9.2%

4.2%

2.2%

1.0%

10.4%

1.7%
 
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.c.(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 family 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

0.27%

0.70%

0.76%

0.57%

0.41%

0.19%

0.47%

0.20%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

3.02%

 *

2.90%

 *

6.73%

 *

3.81%

 *

.

.

3.40%

 *

2.32%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

1.26%

2.76%

3.16%

 *

1.69%

 *

0.82%

 *

0.47%

 *

2.12%

0.40%
Construction

1.26%

2.33%

2.14%

1.79%

 *

3.03%

 *

1.69%

 *

1.33%

1.74%

 *
Utilities and transp.

1.59%

 *

3.57%

 *

.

1.74%

 *

0.81%

 *

2.06%

 *

2.36%

 *

1.37%

 *
Wholesale trade

1.43%

2.85%

2.76%

1.70%

 *

1.64%

 *

0.29%

 *

2.06%

0.57%

 *
Fin. svs. and real estate

0.40%

0.93%

3.15%

 *

1.52%

 *

0.44%

 *

0.43%

 *

0.92%

0.31%

 *
Retail trade

0.62%

2.08%

2.79%

2.34%

 *

0.31%

 *

0.09%

 *

1.71%

0.39%

 *
Professional services

0.39%

0.63%

1.41%

0.73%

1.74%

 *

0.77%

 *

0.50%

0.60%
Other services

0.53%

1.21%

1.57%

1.68%

0.77%

 *

0.08%

 *

0.80%

0.35%

 *
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.26%

0.76%

0.80%

0.75%

0.22%

0.18%

 *

0.48%

0.23%
For profit, unincorporated

0.73%

1.03%

2.11%

1.88%

 *

1.46%

 *

0.29%

 *

0.82%

0.55%

 *
Nonprofit

1.03%

2.10%

2.78%

 *

1.88%

1.91%

 *

2.69%

 *

1.71%

0.98%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

1.00%

1.33%

2.10%

 *

0.67%

 *

3.09%

 *

.

1.01%

3.08%

 *
5-9 years

1.02%

1.99%

1.91%

2.05%

 *

3.97%

 *

0.29%

 *

1.39%

2.26%

 *
10-19 years

0.81%

1.20%

1.67%

1.89%

 *

0.06%

 *

0.19%

 *

1.01%

0.80%

 *
20 or more years

0.35%

0.86%

1.03%

0.43%

0.34%

0.29%

 *

0.56%

0.27%
Unknown

0.30%

 *

.

.

8.13%

 *

0.09%

 *

0.30%

.

0.30%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.15%

2.66%

1.72%

0.63%

0.43%

0.19%

0.73%

0.18%
1 location only

0.47%

0.72%

0.79%

0.89%

0.70%

0.79%

 *

0.49%

0.87%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

1.72%

5.42%

 *

5.65%

 *

1.65%

 *

0.42%

 *

0.61%

 *

2.77%

0.43%

 *
25-49 %

1.16%

3.81%

3.14%

 *

2.10%

 *

0.27%

 *

0.01%

 *

2.32%

0.43%

 *
50-74 %

0.32%

1.24%

1.94%

1.55%

0.34%

 *

0.09%

 *

0.63%

0.24%

 *
75% or more

0.36%

0.81%

1.04%

0.58%

0.60%

0.24%

0.63%

0.22%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.31%

0.70%

0.71%

0.49%

0.42%

 *

0.10%

0.50%

0.22%
Has union employees

0.75%

2.75%

3.70%

 *

5.75%

 *

3.08%

 *

0.67%

 *

2.26%

0.70%
Unknown

0.48%

2.50%

 *

8.43%

 *

4.65%

 *

0.59%

 *

0.52%

 *

2.07%

0.43%

 *
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

0.49%

1.49%

1.32%

1.16%

0.50%

 *

0.06%

 *

1.06%

0.37%

 *
Less than 50% low wage

0.32%

0.74%

1.00%

0.59%

0.43%

0.26%

0.55%

0.22%
 
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.