Table I.A.2.c(2011) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for family coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2011
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 17.5%    33.7%    25.0%    13.2%    3.9%    3.9%    29.2%    4.6%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 39.1%    52.6%    15.1% * --    --    --    44.3%    --   
Mining and manufacturing 17.6%    30.7%    25.0%    --    --    --    25.3%    --   
Construction 31.9%    35.1%    30.1%    --    --    --    34.1%    --   
Utilities and transp. 18.6%    27.1%    29.9%    --    --    --    25.5%    --   
Wholesale trade 20.7%    39.9%    25.7%    --    --    --    32.7%    --   
Fin. svs. and real estate 10.5%    32.7%    23.8%    --    --    --    28.3%    --   
Retail trade 9.2%    29.6%    21.3%    --    --    --    24.3%    --   
Professional services 20.2%    32.0%    24.0%    --    --    --    27.8%    --   
Other services 18.8%    35.7%    26.1%    --    --    --    31.0%    --   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 16.6%    33.8%    24.9%    --    --    --    29.1%    --   
For profit, unincorporated 20.0%    31.6%    21.5%    --    --    --    27.7%    --   
Nonprofit 19.7%    38.5%    30.6%    --    --    --    33.3%    --   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 25.7%    30.9%    19.9%    --    --    --    27.4%    --   
5-9 years 25.2%    31.6%    23.6%    --    --    --    28.4%    --   
10-19 years 24.4%    35.0%    24.2%    --    --    --    29.7%    --   
20 or more years 13.1%    35.3%    27.1%    --    --    --    30.0%    --   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 4.9%    26.1% * 23.5%    --    --    --    16.9%    --   
1 location only 28.7%    33.8%    25.1%    --    --    --    30.1%    --   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 18.3%    42.6%    30.7%    --    --    --    36.5%    --   
25-49 % 14.2%    38.0%    29.6%    --    --    --    32.0%    --   
50-74 % 16.8%    31.7%    28.8%    --    --    --    29.8%    --   
75% or more 17.9%    33.3%    23.5%    --    --    --    28.4%    --   
Union presence
No union employees 18.0%    33.0%    24.2%    --    --    --    28.3%    --   
Has union employees 22.8%    46.2%    48.1%    --    --    --    49.0%    --   
Unknown 6.3%    59.6%    27.4% * --    --    --    45.2%    --   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 12.6%    34.1%    23.7%    --    --    --    29.4%    --   
Less than 50% low wage 19.3%    33.6%    25.2%    --    --    --    29.2%    --   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2011 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.c(2011) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that offer at least one health insurance plan that required no contribution from the employee for family coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2011
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 0.21%    0.64%    0.90%    0.82%    0.34%    0.56%    0.36%    0.33%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 3.87%    5.95%    7.79% * --    --    --    4.98%    --   
Mining and manufacturing 1.66%    2.65%    3.73%    --    --    --    2.27%    --   
Construction 1.95%    2.51%    3.04%    --    --    --    2.21%    --   
Utilities and transp. 1.96%    7.33%    6.70%    --    --    --    5.83%    --   
Wholesale trade 1.60%    3.79%    2.18%    --    --    --    2.51%    --   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.96%    3.05%    3.48%    --    --    --    1.95%    --   
Retail trade 0.70%    2.47%    2.21%    --    --    --    1.69%    --   
Professional services 1.01%    1.57%    2.36%    --    --    --    1.19%    --   
Other services 0.98%    3.02%    2.47%    --    --    --    1.75%    --   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.24%    0.79%    1.14%    --    --    --    0.35%    --   
For profit, unincorporated 0.76%    1.01%    2.05%    --    --    --    0.80%    --   
Nonprofit 1.39%    1.58%    6.02%    --    --    --    2.44%    --   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.15%    3.04%    2.62%    --    --    --    2.32%    --   
5-9 years 1.46%    2.42%    3.46%    --    --    --    1.73%    --   
10-19 years 1.41%    2.23%    2.19%    --    --    --    1.86%    --   
20 or more years 0.30%    0.73%    1.47%    --    --    --    0.50%    --   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.37%    11.26% * 4.01%    --    --    --    1.27%    --   
1 location only 0.34%    0.65%    1.18%    --    --    --    0.34%    --   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.12%    6.18%    6.18%    --    --    --    4.16%    --   
25-49 % 1.22%    3.91%    5.02%    --    --    --    2.49%    --   
50-74 % 1.24%    3.41%    2.82%    --    --    --    2.42%    --   
75% or more 0.36%    0.61%    1.26%    --    --    --    0.39%    --   
Union presence
No union employees 0.22%    0.77%    1.02%    --    --    --    0.40%    --   
Has union employees 2.05%    7.00%    4.28%    --    --    --    3.54%    --   
Unknown 0.76%    12.55%    10.34% * --    --    --    7.78%    --   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 0.49%    2.74%    2.36%    --    --    --    1.61%    --   
Less than 50% low wage 0.28%    0.63%    1.18%    --    --    --    0.55%    --   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2011 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.