Table I.B.2.c(2008) Percent of private-sector employees working in establishments that offer two or more health insurance plans by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2008
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 64.8%    19.4%    26.1%    39.0%    54.9%    85.2%    26.8%    73.7%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 37.1%    9.8% * 12.3% * 18.3% * 43.8%    88.2%    8.0% * 56.8%   
Mining and manufacturing 61.5%    18.4%    18.4%    40.4%    50.6%    78.7%    21.8%    67.4%   
Construction 40.7%    16.5%    22.6%    38.6%    51.4%    81.1%    26.0%    54.0%   
Utilities and transp. 72.5%    8.5% * 28.9% * 23.3%    49.6%    89.8%    22.6%    78.9%   
Wholesale trade 59.9%    19.2%    25.9%    41.0%    60.6%    84.2%    27.1%    72.1%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 78.2%    28.4%    24.5%    42.9%    62.7%    92.4%    28.5%    85.3%   
Retail trade 74.4%    17.5%    24.2%    41.2%    53.3%    89.5%    28.3%    82.6%   
Professional services 64.6%    22.2%    33.2%    46.3%    59.0%    83.1%    31.7%    72.8%   
Other services 59.8%    15.5%    23.5%    31.9%    49.4%    82.2%    23.1%    68.8%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 65.9%    18.7%    25.0%    39.4%    54.4%    85.9%    26.5%    75.2%   
For profit, unincorporated 62.7%    21.5%    33.5%    37.5%    58.0%    86.5%    27.4%    73.9%   
Nonprofit 61.2%    19.2%    22.6%    38.5%    54.2%    79.7%    27.4%    66.3%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 36.5%    22.2%    22.8%    33.5%    51.1%    63.7%    23.7%    50.4%   
5-9 years 38.7%    15.5%    25.4%    35.8%    56.1%    73.2%    21.9%    56.3%   
10-19 years 48.5%    18.3%    28.9%    37.0%    58.8%    78.9%    26.0%    62.5%   
20 or more years 62.8%    20.7%    25.5%    40.9%    53.4%    87.1%    28.9%    70.9%   
Unknown 83.8%    18.2% * --    44.8% * 62.8%    84.8%    34.9% * 83.9%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 78.5%    26.8% * 20.5%    45.1%    55.7%    85.5%    34.9%    79.3%   
1 location only 39.1%    19.3%    26.4%    37.8%    53.8%    79.2%    26.2%    52.5%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 55.2%    7.8% * 11.7% * 16.6%    36.8%    85.5%    11.3%    65.1%   
25-49 % 64.2%    14.0%    19.2%    31.5%    50.7%    87.4%    21.3%    73.3%   
50-74 % 67.3%    17.0%    23.0%    34.7%    54.6%    88.2%    21.6%    77.3%   
75% or more 64.9%    20.9%    28.1%    42.1%    56.5%    84.3%    29.2%    73.5%   
Union presence
No union employees 57.1%    19.0%    26.1%    38.0%    52.3%    82.0%    26.1%    67.5%   
Has union employees 86.6%    35.9%    22.8%    52.7%    70.1%    94.5%    42.9%    88.7%   
Unknown 81.8%    10.6% * 31.3% * 48.2%    60.4%    83.8%    25.9% * 82.6%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 62.1%    12.1%    14.3%    26.6%    45.6%    85.1%    15.6%    70.0%   
Less than 50% low wage 65.6%    20.7%    28.8%    43.0%    58.3%    85.3%    29.4%    74.9%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.B.2.c(2008) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees working in establishments that offer two or more health insurance plans by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2008
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 0.61%    0.89%    1.16%    1.13%    1.27%    0.94%    0.73%    0.72%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 9.66%    6.12% * 14.56% * 13.46% * 12.82%    22.98%    2.93% * 13.55%   
Mining and manufacturing 1.58%    4.66%    2.78%    3.61%    3.77%    2.02%    2.10%    1.52%   
Construction 1.69%    3.24%    2.96%    2.63%    5.40%    6.83%    2.41%    1.87%   
Utilities and transp. 1.60%    3.89% * 10.81% * 4.94%    6.81%    1.60%    5.31%    1.41%   
Wholesale trade 1.88%    4.69%    5.04%    4.16%    5.37%    2.64%    3.82%    2.50%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.60%    2.45%    5.16%    2.99%    3.12%    1.78%    1.81%    1.61%   
Retail trade 0.87%    2.29%    3.11%    2.92%    3.54%    0.83%    3.09%    0.96%   
Professional services 0.88%    2.20%    2.79%    3.08%    2.22%    1.37%    1.48%    1.16%   
Other services 1.94%    1.08%    3.02%    2.45%    2.74%    2.51%    1.37%    2.28%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.61%    1.48%    1.27%    0.99%    1.66%    0.99%    0.88%    0.73%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.70%    2.57%    5.46%    3.51%    1.67%    3.14%    2.65%    2.06%   
Nonprofit 1.71%    3.76%    3.61%    3.22%    2.78%    1.90%    2.96%    1.64%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.62%    3.57%    6.52%    5.03%    8.18%    9.77%    2.62%    4.76%   
5-9 years 2.07%    1.66%    2.78%    3.20%    5.46%    7.23%    1.50%    3.83%   
10-19 years 1.91%    1.85%    2.23%    3.36%    3.60%    4.03%    1.49%    2.63%   
20 or more years 0.59%    1.70%    1.52%    1.42%    1.22%    1.37%    1.10%    0.77%   
Unknown 1.06%    13.43% * --    13.99% * 3.98%    1.04%    17.55% * 1.05%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.66%    8.68% * 4.59%    1.99%    1.68%    0.92%    3.19%    0.65%   
1 location only 0.99%    0.92%    1.09%    1.36%    1.89%    3.10%    0.72%    1.75%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 3.49%    2.80% * 5.00% * 2.69%    6.64%    3.53%    1.87%    3.69%   
25-49 % 1.48%    2.50%    4.72%    4.28%    3.47%    1.73%    2.37%    1.72%   
50-74 % 1.67%    1.25%    1.97%    5.37%    2.91%    1.47%    1.84%    1.68%   
75% or more 0.65%    1.14%    1.21%    1.25%    1.54%    1.41%    0.79%    0.81%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.62%    0.85%    1.18%    1.18%    1.15%    1.07%    0.70%    0.73%   
Has union employees 0.99%    8.57%    5.63%    2.98%    3.09%    0.83%    3.77%    1.06%   
Unknown 1.86%    12.45% * 11.86% * 13.16%    7.40%    1.74%    7.94% * 1.85%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 0.84%    1.82%    3.17%    2.16%    1.90%    1.03%    1.85%    1.07%   
Less than 50% low wage 0.78%    1.26%    0.98%    0.98%    1.83%    1.31%    0.80%    0.89%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 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.