Table I.A.2.d(2005) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer two or more health insurance plans 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

30.5%

8.0%

14.5%

25.6%

38.1%

70.9%

11.5%

56.8%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

6.1%

 *

3.6%

 *

6.7%

 *

.

23.8%

 *

46.7%

3.7%

 *

23.3%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

24.9%

7.6%

13.4%

23.0%

34.0%

63.2%

13.1%

43.0%
Construction

14.8%

6.4%

16.7%

29.2%

45.4%

72.9%

11.0%

46.8%
Utilities and transp.

38.8%

16.5%

 *

3.7%

 *

21.5%

 *

21.0%

76.0%

13.6%

 *

60.7%
Wholesale trade

25.8%

7.3%

16.5%

 *

27.6%

26.8%

74.2%

12.4%

48.8%
Fin. svs. and real estate

43.5%

10.6%

17.9%

34.7%

43.0%

71.0%

14.6%

62.4%
Retail trade

40.1%

6.6%

10.6%

 *

24.4%

38.1%

68.7%

8.7%

60.9%
Professional services

27.7%

9.5%

15.1%

30.1%

41.1%

78.4%

12.6%

58.0%
Other services

26.8%

6.2%

15.7%

19.6%

38.3%

67.5%

10.4%

52.0%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

33.2%

7.9%

13.9%

25.6%

37.9%

73.1%

11.6%

59.8%
For profit, unincorporated

20.2%

8.0%

13.6%

24.5%

35.2%

56.8%

9.7%

47.5%
Nonprofit

27.1%

9.6%

20.2%

26.4%

40.2%

62.5%

15.5%

42.5%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

13.8%

9.7%

14.9%

23.0%

 *

49.4%

43.8%

11.1%

42.0%
5-9 years

12.8%

7.8%

10.7%

28.7%

25.3%

50.0%

9.5%

36.3%
10-19 years

14.1%

7.4%

13.3%

20.6%

34.4%

49.2%

9.9%

33.8%
20 or more years

31.5%

8.1%

15.9%

26.5%

37.7%

72.6%

13.1%

54.1%
Unknown

68.9%

.

9.5%

 *

42.4%

 *

49.5%

71.3%

13.0%

 *

69.4%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

55.3%

18.0%

14.0%

26.8%

37.9%

71.0%

20.1%

59.1%
1 location only

12.4%

7.9%

14.5%

24.7%

39.1%

54.4%

10.9%

33.4%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

26.3%

6.2%

 *

6.5%

 *

15.7%

 *

27.2%

68.7%

7.6%

48.9%
25-49 %

31.0%

5.5%

 *

10.9%

15.3%

23.1%

75.0%

8.3%

55.4%
50-74 %

27.5%

8.4%

13.5%

 *

16.8%

44.9%

62.8%

10.3%

53.5%
75% or more

31.3%

8.3%

15.4%

28.7%

39.2%

72.2%

12.3%

58.1%
 
Union presence
No union employees

24.7%

7.7%

13.5%

24.5%

36.3%

63.1%

10.9%

48.9%
Has union employees

61.9%

14.3%

29.7%

42.0%

51.6%

85.3%

24.0%

77.9%
Unknown

72.9%

14.0%

 *

15.6%

 *

22.8%

 *

57.3%

84.3%

15.2%

 *

81.6%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

31.1%

5.6%

8.2%

14.2%

30.0%

65.7%

7.3%

50.6%
Less than 50% low wage

30.3%

8.5%

15.9%

29.2%

41.8%

73.2%

12.4%

59.4%
 
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.d(2005) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer two or more health insurance plans 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

0.56%

0.69%

1.10%

1.67%

1.20%

0.87%

0.61%

0.91%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

2.43%

 *

2.20%

 *

3.31%

 *

.

10.76%

 *

13.82%

2.39%

 *

11.74%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

1.73%

1.48%

2.69%

3.52%

3.38%

4.27%

2.34%

1.85%
Construction

1.17%

1.65%

2.39%

3.53%

7.54%

7.00%

1.32%

3.66%
Utilities and transp.

3.35%

7.66%

 *

1.80%

 *

7.43%

 *

6.04%

3.87%

5.12%

 *

3.44%
Wholesale trade

1.71%

1.84%

5.08%

 *

4.43%

3.53%

4.31%

1.67%

3.36%
Fin. svs. and real estate

0.87%

1.49%

3.76%

3.30%

3.23%

1.77%

1.49%

1.21%
Retail trade

0.88%

1.43%

3.30%

 *

3.51%

4.40%

1.83%

1.36%

1.56%
Professional services

0.84%

0.83%

1.42%

2.98%

2.99%

1.84%

0.82%

1.71%
Other services

1.12%

1.08%

1.99%

1.80%

2.88%

1.85%

1.24%

1.66%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.58%

0.98%

0.98%

1.99%

1.34%

0.81%

0.71%

0.91%
For profit, unincorporated

0.73%

0.72%

2.73%

3.98%

4.66%

3.59%

0.74%

1.47%
Nonprofit

1.13%

2.36%

4.01%

3.70%

2.33%

6.03%

2.10%

2.83%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

1.44%

1.46%

3.15%

8.77%

 *

9.00%

11.55%

1.09%

4.78%
5-9 years

1.24%

1.05%

2.64%

3.11%

5.05%

9.52%

1.19%

3.35%
10-19 years

0.85%

1.28%

2.36%

2.39%

4.00%

5.65%

1.05%

2.39%
20 or more years

0.86%

0.72%

1.65%

2.17%

1.68%

1.52%

0.80%

1.41%
Unknown

1.16%

.

10.06%

 *

14.41%

 *

3.54%

1.12%

9.96%

 *

1.14%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.84%

4.52%

2.60%

2.10%

1.40%

0.88%

1.46%

1.05%
1 location only

0.60%

0.73%

1.34%

1.80%

2.94%

10.04%

0.69%

1.35%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

3.06%

2.45%

 *

4.85%

 *

4.95%

 *

6.08%

4.30%

2.03%

3.92%
25-49 %

2.03%

2.14%

 *

2.86%

3.14%

4.00%

2.68%

1.55%

1.73%
50-74 %

1.70%

1.87%

4.46%

 *

4.03%

3.54%

2.73%

1.36%

2.52%
75% or more

0.51%

0.79%

1.03%

1.76%

1.28%

0.80%

0.74%

0.97%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.56%

0.59%

1.39%

1.64%

1.18%

1.32%

0.60%

1.08%
Has union employees

1.63%

3.50%

5.73%

5.39%

4.89%

2.42%

1.97%

2.29%
Unknown

2.10%

7.51%

 *

10.23%

 *

13.10%

 *

7.90%

1.24%

5.28%

 *

1.06%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

1.45%

1.38%

1.22%

3.40%

3.11%

1.73%

1.01%

1.39%
Less than 50% low wage

0.36%

0.75%

1.17%

1.92%

1.54%

1.09%

0.73%

0.95%
 
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.