Table I.B.3.b.(1).a(2010) Percent of private-sector full-time employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2010
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 79.3%    79.8%    74.6%    76.7%    78.4%    80.8%    76.7%    79.9%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 69.7%    88.8%    72.2%    71.7%    58.8%    66.6%    80.2%    64.5%   
Mining and manufacturing 86.0%    85.7%    74.8%    77.9%    84.2%    89.9%    78.2%    87.3%   
Construction 80.2%    80.5%    73.6%    79.6%    83.4%    87.4%    76.7%    84.3%   
Utilities and transp. 86.1%    85.2%    78.4%    75.2%    82.0%    88.5%    77.7%    87.0%   
Wholesale trade 83.6%    79.4%    77.8%    79.3%    82.1%    88.6%    79.8%    84.8%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 82.8%    80.4%    81.2%    79.2%    81.2%    83.9%    80.4%    83.1%   
Retail trade 70.5%    76.7%    67.7%    73.5%    67.6%    70.2%    71.8%    70.2%   
Professional services 81.1%    79.2%    74.7%    79.4%    78.9%    83.5%    77.2%    81.9%   
Other services 68.5%    78.5%    73.9%    69.2%    70.5%    65.5%    74.0%    67.1%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 78.6%    79.8%    74.2%    76.5%    77.9%    79.8%    76.1%    79.2%   
For profit, unincorporated 77.4%    79.5%    75.7%    73.9%    76.1%    79.1%    77.6%    77.3%   
Nonprofit 84.1%    80.9%    77.6%    80.7%    81.2%    87.1%    80.0%    84.6%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 73.9%    83.4%    65.8%    73.4%    62.5%    83.3%    75.1%    72.6%   
5-9 years 77.6%    81.8%    74.9%    73.0%    78.4%    81.1%    76.7%    78.5%   
10-19 years 76.5%    80.4%    73.5%    76.2%    75.2%    77.3%    76.1%    76.7%   
20 or more years 80.0%    78.1%    76.0%    77.5%    79.5%    81.0%    77.1%    80.4%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 80.3%    84.7%    74.9%    79.9%    79.4%    80.5%    77.9%    80.3%   
1 location only 77.2%    79.8%    74.6%    75.7%    76.8%    87.0%    76.6%    78.0%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 74.0%    85.0%    83.6%    72.4%    72.5%    73.4%    80.1%    72.7%   
25-49 % 67.9%    88.9%    80.8%    70.6%    70.6%    62.4%    79.0%    65.5%   
50-74 % 74.6%    81.1%    73.2%    69.8%    69.8%    76.0%    74.9%    74.6%   
75% or more 80.5%    79.4%    74.5%    77.7%    79.8%    82.4%    76.8%    81.4%   
Union presence
No union employees 77.7%    79.4%    74.2%    75.8%    77.7%    79.0%    76.1%    78.2%   
Has union employees 83.8%    87.9%    79.2%    87.2%    84.2%    83.6%    85.5%    83.7%   
Unknown 81.5%    88.0%    85.2%    83.8%    75.4%    81.6%    83.4%    81.4%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 66.3%    76.8%    64.8%    64.0%    65.2%    66.6%    68.4%    65.9%   
Less than 50% low wage 82.0%    80.3%    76.1%    79.4%    81.4%    83.9%    78.0%    83.0%   

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.

** 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.3.b.(1).a(2010) Standard error for percent of private-sector full-time employees eligible for health insurance that are enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2010
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 0.22%    0.39%    0.53%    0.54%    0.66%    0.40%    0.53%    0.24%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 2.70%    3.71%    12.38%    7.29%    11.73%    7.52%    3.36%    4.79%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.38%    2.06%    1.75%    0.96%    0.88%    0.38%    0.77%    0.41%   
Construction 1.44%    1.18%    1.85%    2.23%    3.20%    2.17%    1.37%    2.18%   
Utilities and transp. 1.25%    3.62%    4.99%    4.75%    2.27%    1.40%    2.70%    1.22%   
Wholesale trade 0.68%    1.76%    1.29%    1.48%    2.12%    1.40%    0.93%    0.84%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.95%    2.08%    1.45%    1.10%    0.85%    1.11%    1.33%    0.99%   
Retail trade 0.55%    1.52%    0.94%    1.26%    3.19%    1.06%    0.85%    0.76%   
Professional services 0.66%    0.85%    0.98%    1.22%    1.09%    0.94%    0.57%    0.78%   
Other services 1.27%    2.24%    1.70%    1.68%    2.67%    2.28%    1.21%    1.89%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.21%    0.38%    0.51%    0.70%    1.08%    0.37%    0.58%    0.19%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.15%    2.10%    1.09%    1.90%    2.29%    1.59%    1.06%    1.40%   
Nonprofit 0.66%    1.73%    1.80%    1.50%    0.78%    1.07%    1.52%    0.74%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.72%    1.20%    2.61%    2.94%    5.68%    3.32%    1.17%    3.19%   
5-9 years 0.70%    0.87%    1.76%    2.45%    2.78%    3.18%    1.08%    1.58%   
10-19 years 0.79%    1.23%    1.47%    1.26%    1.90%    2.18%    0.87%    1.10%   
20 or more years 0.24%    0.84%    0.59%    0.52%    0.59%    0.42%    0.64%    0.25%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.28%    3.09%    1.16%    1.03%    0.89%    0.35%    1.49%    0.27%   
1 location only 0.35%    0.40%    0.57%    0.71%    0.98%    3.79%    0.59%    0.71%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.37%    6.31%    4.80%    3.06%    2.47%    2.44%    2.72%    1.36%   
25-49 % 0.99%    2.28%    2.12%    2.60%    2.96%    1.64%    1.77%    1.15%   
50-74 % 0.89%    1.06%    1.75%    1.42%    0.68%    1.15%    1.01%    0.93%   
75% or more 0.26%    0.50%    0.59%    0.57%    0.75%    0.51%    0.53%    0.29%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.41%    0.45%    0.63%    0.50%    0.69%    0.87%    0.51%    0.57%   
Has union employees 0.68%    2.48%    2.69%    2.45%    1.74%    0.69%    1.56%    0.68%   
Unknown 1.31%    3.33%    3.32%    3.72%    2.63%    1.46%    2.07%    1.32%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 0.77%    1.45%    1.82%    1.49%    1.35%    1.46%    1.07%    0.94%   
Less than 50% low wage 0.25%    0.54%    0.57%    0.60%    0.65%    0.38%    0.53%    0.21%   

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.

** 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.