Table I.C.3.a(2005) 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, 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

18.3%

15.6%

19.8%

22.5%

17.5%

17.1%

18.0%

18.4%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

9.5%

 *

3.0%

 *

11.8%

 *

12.1%

 *

2.7%

 *

24.9%

8.5%

 *

11.6%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

18.1%

13.4%

22.6%

23.0%

17.0%

15.8%

18.7%

18.0%
Construction

21.7%

19.7%

17.0%

28.4%

18.4%

25.2%

22.2%

20.7%
Utilities and transp.

15.9%

7.6%

 *

18.2%

 *

33.8%

17.0%

12.7%

23.5%

14.2%
Wholesale trade

16.8%

17.7%

 *

18.1%

15.9%

15.8%

17.2%

16.2%

17.2%
Fin. svs. and real estate

19.0%

24.0%

21.1%

15.1%

19.6%

18.5%

20.9%

18.6%
Retail trade

25.3%

17.1%

30.7%

28.3%

26.5%

23.4%

24.4%

25.8%
Professional services

16.1%

11.1%

12.9%

25.4%

14.9%

14.2%

14.1%

16.5%
Other services

19.5%

14.5%

21.3%

18.0%

19.1%

21.5%

17.2%

20.6%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

20.5%

17.4%

21.7%

26.4%

19.1%

18.5%

20.5%

20.4%
For profit, unincorporated

16.6%

13.4%

17.3%

17.3%

20.1%

16.1%

14.2%

18.5%
Nonprofit

13.3%

6.8%

 *

8.1%

 *

11.6%

14.3%

14.0%

8.4%

14.1%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

20.3%

27.5%

14.0%

 *

18.8%

16.7%

 *

15.7%

 *

22.4%

16.2%
5-9 years

22.9%

17.3%

20.8%

 *

31.1%

21.9%

14.7%

19.6%

28.5%
10-19 years

19.9%

16.0%

20.4%

23.0%

21.8%

15.7%

18.6%

21.0%
20 or more years

18.2%

11.8%

20.1%

21.7%

16.2%

18.6%

17.0%

18.7%
Unknown

15.8%

.

.

14.8%

 *

16.3%

 *

15.8%

8.4%

 *

15.9%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

17.2%

6.9%

 *

36.4%

20.2%

15.3%

17.2%

22.8%

17.0%
1 location only

19.8%

15.6%

18.8%

23.4%

20.4%

14.9%

17.6%

23.1%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

15.9%

12.8%

 *

3.9%

 *

17.1%

 *

19.0%

17.6%

 *

14.9%

16.6%
25-49 %

22.6%

22.8%

30.5%

29.6%

17.4%

17.0%

29.3%

17.7%
50-74 %

16.2%

15.2%

14.9%

18.9%

16.5%

15.7%

17.1%

15.9%
75% or more

18.5%

15.3%

20.1%

22.7%

17.7%

17.3%

17.5%

18.9%
 
Union presence
No union employees

18.9%

15.0%

20.0%

20.0%

19.2%

19.1%

18.0%

19.5%
Has union employees

16.7%

17.3%

 *

17.0%

 *

55.7%

10.1%

14.6%

18.4%

16.6%
Unknown

16.3%

43.3%

 *

24.2%

 *

7.6%

 *

17.8%

 *

15.7%

21.4%

 *

16.0%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

23.9%

16.1%

20.7%

33.6%

15.4%

24.7%

18.6%

26.0%
Less than 50% low wage

17.3%

15.5%

19.7%

19.5%

17.9%

16.0%

17.9%

17.1%
 
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.C.3.a(2005) 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, 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

0.68%

1.77%

1.41%

1.99%

1.41%

0.52%

0.74%

0.75%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

5.76%

 *

1.31%

 *

4.58%

 *

4.66%

 *

6.77%

 *

7.08%

3.52%

 *

7.09%

 *
Mining and manufacturing

1.52%

3.23%

5.85%

3.87%

2.55%

1.77%

3.73%

1.54%
Construction

2.22%

4.17%

3.27%

5.50%

5.16%

5.99%

2.41%

3.54%
Utilities and transp.

2.91%

6.17%

 *

6.41%

 *

7.52%

4.81%

2.69%

5.46%

2.79%
Wholesale trade

1.88%

6.18%

 *

4.74%

2.70%

3.06%

1.14%

3.44%

1.24%
Fin. svs. and real estate

0.92%

4.92%

6.02%

2.68%

2.31%

0.68%

3.54%

0.63%
Retail trade

0.71%

3.57%

3.46%

2.56%

2.81%

1.28%

1.81%

0.98%
Professional services

1.45%

1.08%

1.47%

3.94%

1.38%

1.01%

1.14%

1.61%
Other services

1.23%

3.56%

6.09%

2.99%

3.89%

1.15%

2.16%

1.29%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

1.09%

2.94%

1.76%

3.27%

1.43%

0.64%

1.06%

1.19%
For profit, unincorporated

1.20%

2.15%

3.92%

4.80%

3.46%

1.64%

1.23%

1.78%
Nonprofit

1.23%

2.45%

 *

3.69%

 *

3.41%

2.31%

1.58%

1.33%

1.43%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

3.20%

6.71%

7.99%

 *

4.65%

6.23%

 *

6.14%

 *

4.60%

3.33%
5-9 years

2.00%

2.45%

7.26%

 *

4.47%

3.41%

2.81%

2.75%

4.95%
10-19 years

1.21%

2.71%

3.65%

2.46%

2.38%

1.29%

2.02%

1.59%
20 or more years

0.78%

1.77%

1.88%

2.28%

1.56%

0.66%

1.20%

0.85%
Unknown

0.78%

.

.

5.98%

 *

5.30%

 *

0.85%

4.68%

 *

0.82%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.46%

2.63%

 *

6.37%

1.75%

1.41%

0.53%

2.71%

0.51%
1 location only

1.66%

1.78%

1.71%

3.08%

1.88%

2.82%

0.97%

3.19%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

2.55%

5.29%

 *

7.68%

 *

5.30%

 *

4.34%

5.85%

 *

3.43%

3.62%
25-49 %

2.53%

5.06%

7.26%

5.34%

4.97%

2.06%

4.65%

2.31%
50-74 %

0.89%

2.37%

2.70%

3.60%

3.49%

0.92%

2.05%

1.68%
75% or more

0.86%

2.06%

1.72%

2.19%

1.64%

0.61%

0.83%

1.02%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.74%

1.59%

1.45%

1.77%

1.67%

0.76%

0.67%

1.03%
Has union employees

3.19%

5.46%

 *

7.33%

 *

12.92%

1.38%

1.18%

3.15%

3.27%
Unknown

1.50%

13.78%

 *

7.73%

 *

6.49%

 *

7.43%

 *

1.21%

6.84%

 *

0.97%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

2.61%

3.26%

5.10%

5.67%

2.20%

1.89%

2.47%

3.31%
Less than 50% low wage

0.74%

2.17%

1.62%

2.14%

1.56%

0.56%

0.89%

0.80%
 
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.