Table I.D.3.a(2005) Percent of total premiums for exclusive-provider plans contributed by employees enrolled in family 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

25.0%

22.0%

37.2%

34.4%

30.7%

20.2%

31.8%

23.5%

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

32.8%

48.0%

29.4%

*

30.3%

*

41.8%

*

25.0%

34.6%

*

23.9%

Mining and manufacturing

22.6%

16.1%

*

29.7%

32.0%

26.6%

18.8%

27.0%

22.1%

Construction

35.1%

22.3%

46.1%

36.8%

32.5%

32.3%

39.9%

28.0%

Utilities and transp.

16.6%

13.0%

*

36.3%

31.6%

25.0%

13.6%

25.1%

*

15.5%

Wholesale trade

26.7%

20.7%

*

32.3%

35.0%

23.9%

22.8%

30.8%

24.8%

Fin. svs. and real estate

24.1%

21.2%

37.9%

37.1%

28.2%

21.7%

32.7%

23.1%

Retail trade

33.5%

25.3%

36.6%

34.1%

48.3%

26.5%

31.8%

34.3%

Professional services

21.9%

26.6%

28.2%

34.7%

32.6%

17.0%

29.0%

21.1%

Other services

32.0%

17.4%

43.1%

33.0%

29.9%

32.6%

30.6%

32.6%

 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

25.3%

23.6%

38.3%

35.4%

29.8%

20.1%

33.9%

23.2%

For profit, unincorporated

25.0%

21.5%

31.3%

32.0%

31.5%

21.2%

27.0%

24.1%

Nonprofit

24.2%

7.8%

*

36.7%

30.4%

32.4%

20.0%

24.6%

24.1%

 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

28.7%

16.3%

30.4%

35.6%

36.1%

20.5%

*

25.8%

32.6%

5-9 years

30.3%

24.1%

30.6%

37.1%

34.1%

23.9%

28.3%

33.7%

10-19 years

31.9%

24.6%

38.6%

36.9%

32.6%

26.6%

33.6%

30.7%

20 or more years

25.6%

20.9%

38.9%

33.1%

29.2%

20.6%

32.7%

24.1%

Unknown

19.7%

.

.

43.3%

45.5%

18.9%

46.9%

*

19.6%

 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

21.9%

21.7%

*

31.3%

33.7%

29.5%

19.8%

34.2%

21.6%

1 location only

32.0%

22.0%

37.5%

34.6%

32.2%

31.7%

31.5%

32.5%

 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

38.3%

46.6%

15.0%

*

59.6%

44.7%

25.2%

38.3%

38.2%

25-49 %

27.3%

9.5%

*

30.6%

32.4%

46.8%

24.9%

26.2%

27.9%

50-74 %

23.6%

24.4%

31.7%

24.8%

28.9%

20.7%

25.4%

23.3%

75% or more

25.0%

21.6%

38.9%

34.8%

30.6%

20.0%

32.7%

23.3%

 
Union presence
No union employees

29.4%

23.1%

37.7%

36.2%

32.1%

24.8%

32.7%

28.2%

Has union employees

15.7%

7.6%

*

21.5%

*

22.6%

21.9%

14.2%

20.1%

15.4%

Unknown

24.1%

5.2%

*

78.3%

34.6%

*

47.2%

21.3%

44.7%

23.4%

 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

33.0%

25.8%

38.1%

33.7%

39.1%

31.3%

33.0%

33.0%

Less than 50% low wage

24.2%

21.7%

37.1%

34.4%

30.0%

19.0%

31.7%

22.6%

 
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.D.3.a(2005) Standard error for percent of total premiums for exclusive-provider plans contributed by employees enrolled in family 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

0.58%

1.96%

2.35%

1.32%

1.41%

0.47%

1.47%

0.69%

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

7.92%

14.27%

9.02%

*

10.02%

*

13.20%

*

7.03%

10.71%

*

7.10%

Mining and manufacturing

1.71%

6.89%

*

6.49%

4.42%

2.39%

1.99%

5.11%

1.90%

Construction

1.91%

5.79%

7.12%

5.66%

5.82%

7.69%

3.26%

4.87%

Utilities and transp.

2.97%

9.96%

*

10.04%

7.47%

5.94%

3.19%

7.64%

*

3.50%

Wholesale trade

1.56%

6.70%

*

8.17%

5.82%

3.79%

1.44%

4.71%

2.24%

Fin. svs. and real estate

0.98%

4.20%

7.32%

6.95%

2.71%

0.86%

4.05%

0.77%

Retail trade

1.21%

6.30%

4.09%

3.97%

3.65%

1.30%

4.40%

1.99%

Professional services

1.05%

2.73%

3.80%

3.00%

2.34%

0.60%

2.64%

1.12%

Other services

2.55%

2.99%

4.54%

5.89%

7.44%

3.68%

3.60%

3.27%

 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.77%

2.32%

2.48%

1.92%

1.10%

0.81%

1.83%

0.87%

For profit, unincorporated

1.92%

4.73%

5.02%

8.24%

4.18%

2.24%

2.82%

2.14%

Nonprofit

1.87%

3.16%

*

6.69%

4.79%

2.43%

2.01%

3.98%

1.96%

 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

2.60%

3.63%

7.45%

7.38%

8.61%

7.54%

*

3.22%

3.48%

5-9 years

1.82%

6.04%

5.60%

4.79%

5.51%

5.09%

3.37%

3.41%

10-19 years

1.44%

3.08%

4.58%

3.25%

3.39%

2.23%

2.70%

1.80%

20 or more years

0.94%

3.23%

4.10%

2.09%

1.30%

0.74%

1.81%

0.95%

Unknown

0.93%

.

.

11.95%

7.50%

0.85%

15.03%

*

0.92%

 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.58%

6.89%

*

7.43%

2.81%

1.38%

0.47%

3.98%

0.54%

1 location only

1.19%

2.09%

2.27%

1.83%

2.54%

3.60%

1.33%

2.16%

 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

6.58%

13.56%

5.68%

*

10.68%

10.34%

6.89%

9.86%

5.98%

25-49 %

1.37%

4.77%

*

6.60%

7.39%

8.79%

2.35%

3.34%

2.30%

50-74 %

1.80%

3.49%

5.39%

6.52%

2.81%

2.30%

3.44%

2.31%

75% or more

0.81%

2.22%

2.51%

1.44%

1.57%

0.65%

1.51%

0.84%

 
Union presence
No union employees

0.84%

2.10%

2.79%

1.23%

1.37%

1.13%

1.32%

0.82%

Has union employees

1.11%

3.70%

*

6.52%

*

4.41%

3.34%

0.92%

5.73%

1.06%

Unknown

3.73%

3.98%

*

22.70%

10.70%

*

9.87%

2.56%

12.22%

3.28%

 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

3.25%

5.89%

5.90%

5.74%

4.54%

4.85%

3.16%

3.95%

Less than 50% low wage

0.68%

2.19%

2.61%

1.33%

1.36%

0.69%

1.85%

0.85%

 
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.