Table I.C.2.c


Table I.C.2.c(2006) Average total employee contribution (in dollars) for any-provider plans per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2006

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	787		490	569	786	1,308	637	586		931

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	735	*	.	.	.	.	.	788	*	.
Mining and manufacturing	711		.	.	.	.	.	733		704
Construction	365		.	.	.	.	.	248		548	*
Utilities and transp.	1,093		.	.	.	.	.	1,096		1,091
Wholesale trade	616		.	.	.	.	.	662	*	574
Fin. svs. and real estate	533		.	.	.	.	.	643		471
Retail trade	764		.	.	.	.	.	520	*	937
Professional services	982		.	.	.	.	.	496		1,323
Other services	698		.	.	.	.	.	699		696

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	681		.	.	.	.	.	637		716
For profit, unincorporated	641		.	.	.	.	.	521		816
Nonprofit	1,325		.	.	.	.	.	226	*	1,537

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	616		.	.	.	.	.	607		691
5-9 years	801		.	.	.	.	.	798		812	*
10-19 years	628		.	.	.	.	.	575		768
20 or more years	872		.	.	.	.	.	525		1,047
Unknown	627		.	.	.	.	.	194	*	646

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	929		.	.	.	.	.	400		956
1 location only	652		.	.	.	.	.	597		835

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	780		.	.	.	.	.	790	*	771
25-49 %	743		.	.	.	.	.	476		869
50-74 %	731		.	.	.	.	.	516		983
75% or more	799		.	.	.	.	.	601		933

Union presence
No union employees	801		.	.	.	.	.	590		992
Has union employees	737		.	.	.	.	.	335	*	763
Unknown	653		.	.	.	.	.	583	*	662

Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage	708		.	.	.	.	.	731		694
Less than 50% low wage	804		.	.	.	.	.	558		985

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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.2.c(2006) Standard error for average total employee contribution (in dollars) for any-provider plans per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2006

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	79.64		52.35	70.58	69.93	195.02	39.98	42.21		106.05

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	397.32	*	.	.	.	.	.	395.11	*	.
Mining and manufacturing	66.04		.	.	.	.	.	141.40		90.27
Construction	80.36		.	.	.	.	.	39.93		255.83	*
Utilities and transp.	227.61		.	.	.	.	.	210.42		323.87
Wholesale trade	162.64		.	.	.	.	.	199.62	*	156.14
Fin. svs. and real estate	40.26		.	.	.	.	.	108.15		58.07
Retail trade	117.88		.	.	.	.	.	158.28	*	129.95
Professional services	149.44		.	.	.	.	.	61.82		192.72
Other services	96.55		.	.	.	.	.	110.56		125.12

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	31.48		.	.	.	.	.	48.47		51.96
For profit, unincorporated	105.73		.	.	.	.	.	105.01		138.33
Nonprofit	255.89		.	.	.	.	.	89.62	*	262.82

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	92.65		.	.	.	.	.	115.98		177.72
5-9 years	92.66		.	.	.	.	.	105.16		257.90	*
10-19 years	52.43		.	.	.	.	.	71.07		174.61
20 or more years	115.47		.	.	.	.	.	53.59		145.20
Unknown	78.34		.	.	.	.	.	158.59	*	90.30

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	114.20		.	.	.	.	.	105.03		120.16
1 location only	37.05		.	.	.	.	.	46.83		89.12

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	197.38		.	.	.	.	.	237.33	*	223.18
25-49 %	103.22		.	.	.	.	.	128.57		95.05
50-74 %	71.32		.	.	.	.	.	74.76		219.65
75% or more	86.95		.	.	.	.	.	59.80		113.91

Union presence
No union employees	87.63		.	.	.	.	.	40.57		120.30
Has union employees	151.69		.	.	.	.	.	162.77	*	152.81
Unknown	87.71		.	.	.	.	.	186.34	*	81.76

Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage	73.52		.	.	.	.	.	121.35		62.90
Less than 50% low wage	90.33		.	.	.	.	.	49.86		118.33

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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.