Table I.A.2.a(2010) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that self-insure at least one plan by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2010
Characteristics Total Less than 100 employees 100-499 employees 500 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 35.8%    13.0%    26.5%    81.9%    12.7%    63.3%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 17.7%    14.0%    --    90.2%    13.2% * 50.7%   
Mining and manufacturing 29.2%    12.9%    35.6%    85.9%    12.1%    59.4%   
Construction 16.5%    14.3%    29.3%    66.4%    14.1%    35.6%   
Utilities and transp. 50.3%    16.0%    25.0%    89.9%    16.4%    72.9%   
Wholesale trade 32.2%    11.5%    31.0%    88.8%    10.2%    62.5%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 47.7%    9.0%    31.2%    86.2%    8.8%    70.0%   
Retail trade 51.6%    14.8%    26.1%    85.0%    15.1%    72.1%   
Professional services 26.8%    11.9%    25.5%    77.5%    11.3%    54.6%   
Other services 34.8%    15.3%    19.6%    73.9%    15.3%    57.4%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 38.7%    12.2%    27.1%    84.2%    11.8%    67.6%   
For profit, unincorporated 28.2%    13.2%    27.5%    77.8%    12.9%    58.7%   
Nonprofit 26.1%    18.6%    24.0%    54.3%    19.1%    33.7%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 14.7%    10.6%    20.4%    63.5%    10.8%    36.9%   
5-9 years 15.8%    12.6%    23.6%    55.3%    12.4%    34.7%   
10-19 years 19.3%    12.0%    20.0%    67.4%    11.7%    41.1%   
20 or more years 45.0%    14.0%    28.5%    83.8%    13.6%    67.6%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 62.2%    12.3%    27.3%    82.0%    11.4%    67.1%   
1 location only 13.4%    13.1%    21.6%    45.6%    12.8%    21.1%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 33.6%    13.1%    16.9%    70.6%    13.0%    52.1%   
25-49 % 41.5%    15.3%    14.8%    77.3%    14.9%    61.3%   
50-74 % 40.7%    13.2%    22.3%    85.8%    13.1%    69.3%   
75% or more 34.4%    12.8%    29.5%    82.4%    12.4%    63.0%   
Union presence
No union employees 28.6%    11.9%    26.0%    78.8%    11.6%    55.6%   
Has union employees 77.3%    38.5%    32.1%    93.6%    38.5%    87.3%   
Unknown 68.0%    19.4%    32.8%    79.3%    19.3%    76.1%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 41.8%    11.9%    21.5%    76.9%    11.9%    60.7%   
Less than 50% low wage 33.6%    13.3%    29.2%    85.0%    12.9%    64.8%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2010 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.a(2010) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that self-insure at least one plan by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2010
Characteristics Total Less than 100 employees 100-499 employees 500 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 0.45%    0.32%    0.81%    0.54%    0.32%    0.61%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 4.06%    4.16%    --    8.82%    4.40% * 9.92%   
Mining and manufacturing 1.68%    1.69%    3.74%    1.74%    1.73%    2.58%   
Construction 0.97%    0.88%    4.40%    7.86%    1.01%    3.61%   
Utilities and transp. 2.28%    3.59%    5.37%    1.64%    3.61%    2.57%   
Wholesale trade 1.36%    1.11%    3.63%    0.96%    1.37%    1.57%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.95%    1.23%    1.84%    1.30%    1.54%    1.26%   
Retail trade 0.89%    1.15%    3.62%    0.87%    1.27%    1.32%   
Professional services 0.69%    0.65%    1.91%    1.30%    0.69%    1.42%   
Other services 1.03%    0.71%    2.31%    1.83%    0.85%    1.80%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.47%    0.36%    1.35%    0.71%    0.34%    0.72%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.11%    1.04%    1.83%    1.32%    1.21%    1.73%   
Nonprofit 1.67%    1.82%    2.54%    3.65%    1.98%    1.75%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.11%    1.13%    5.00%    7.75%    1.15%    3.01%   
5-9 years 1.51%    1.11%    3.51%    4.76%    1.13%    3.85%   
10-19 years 1.27%    1.18%    1.65%    2.60%    1.17%    2.17%   
20 or more years 0.62%    0.64%    0.91%    0.53%    0.78%    0.73%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.54%    0.48%    0.87%    0.54%    0.90%    0.59%   
1 location only 0.32%    0.33%    1.81%    5.51%    0.33%    1.12%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.40%    1.91%    2.43%    2.22%    1.99%    1.91%   
25-49 % 2.14%    2.26%    3.77%    2.01%    2.54%    1.39%   
50-74 % 1.06%    1.33%    3.49%    1.30%    1.32%    1.77%   
75% or more 0.44%    0.42%    1.12%    0.60%    0.45%    0.60%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.40%    0.33%    0.83%    0.66%    0.32%    0.60%   
Has union employees 1.77%    2.64%    4.11%    0.63%    2.97%    0.82%   
Unknown 1.40%    4.17%    5.23%    1.13%    4.52%    1.12%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 1.01%    0.75%    1.63%    0.79%    0.79%    1.11%   
Less than 50% low wage 0.32%    0.35%    0.89%    0.60%    0.36%    0.59%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2010 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.