Table I.C.4 Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2015
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 53.5%    62.8%    63.9%    62.5%    57.1%    48.5%    63.5%    51.7%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 63.2%    57.9%    --    64.1%    64.2%    62.8%    62.7%    63.4%   
Mining and manufacturing 48.3%    63.9%    63.4%    56.9%    49.2%    44.2%    61.1%    46.7%   
Construction 54.5%    51.0%    63.5%    54.3%    52.6%    52.2%    57.2%    52.5%   
Utilities and transp. 49.8%    62.7%    57.1%    56.3%    53.8%    48.1%    55.9%    49.2%   
Wholesale trade 50.8%    59.4%    57.1%    57.9%    52.3%    45.0%    60.1%    48.0%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 48.1%    67.7%    61.7%    64.1%    52.9%    43.9%    65.6%    46.2%   
Retail trade 63.0%    66.4%    68.5%    67.4%    68.5%    60.3%    67.4%    62.3%   
Professional services 53.9%    65.4%    65.4%    65.6%    60.4%    47.2%    66.2%    51.8%   
Other services 59.9%    63.3%    67.2%    69.2%    64.9%    54.4%    65.7%    58.5%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 52.9%    62.0%    64.1%    61.6%    55.1%    48.5%    63.3%    50.9%   
For profit, unincorporated 57.6%    67.7%    60.3%    63.1%    59.1%    51.5%    64.1%    55.5%   
Nonprofit 53.8%    57.4%    68.2%    66.9%    61.8%    46.6%    63.9%    52.8%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 63.0%    57.1%    58.1%    68.2%    65.7%    51.6%    60.4%    66.2%   
5-9 years 62.0%    62.2%    61.7%    66.9%    59.5%    52.6%    64.7%    59.8%   
10-19 years 59.6%    63.6%    64.6%    63.3%    59.1%    49.2%    64.5%    56.9%   
20 or more years 51.9%    64.5%    65.1%    60.7%    56.0%    48.4%    63.4%    50.7%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 50.1%    50.6%    63.3%    62.1%    55.0%    48.4%    64.1%    49.9%   
1 location only 61.6%    63.0%    64.0%    62.7%    59.9%    50.5%    63.5%    59.8%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 66.1%    56.2%    74.5%    75.1%    71.8%    61.2%    65.9%    66.2%   
25-49 % 60.8%    59.5%    66.9%    73.2%    63.5%    57.1%    66.5%    60.0%   
50-74 % 59.2%    65.2%    72.8%    68.2%    70.0%    53.1%    67.8%    57.6%   
75% or more 52.3%    62.8%    62.6%    61.4%    55.3%    47.2%    62.8%    50.3%   
Union presence
No union employees 55.5%    64.0%    64.9%    63.9%    58.4%    49.5%    64.7%    53.4%   
Has union employees 46.2%    35.4%    46.5%    44.8%    48.0%    46.1%    41.0%    46.4%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 65.6%    65.1%    79.2%    74.7%    72.1%    60.8%    71.7%    64.8%   
Less than 50% low-wage 52.1%    62.6%    63.1%    61.3%    55.1%    46.9%    62.8%    50.1%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few 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.4 Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take single coverage by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2015
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 0.26%    1.10%    1.02%    0.74%    0.58%    0.32%    0.61%    0.28%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 2.83%    7.30%    --    5.84%    4.99%    5.51%    5.68%    3.27%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.65%    3.85%    2.72%    1.91%    1.24%    0.84%    1.83%    0.68%   
Construction 1.51%    3.73%    3.12%    2.52%    3.46%    3.80%    2.06%    2.13%   
Utilities and transp. 1.22%    7.55%    6.20%    5.33%    2.80%    1.45%    4.26%    1.28%   
Wholesale trade 0.96%    3.53%    3.22%    2.66%    1.67%    1.34%    2.02%    1.05%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.66%    3.37%    3.62%    2.34%    1.46%    0.76%    2.03%    0.67%   
Retail trade 0.58%    3.66%    3.40%    1.67%    1.88%    0.61%    1.87%    0.61%   
Professional services 0.48%    1.82%    1.86%    1.24%    0.97%    0.61%    1.06%    0.52%   
Other services 0.72%    2.61%    2.55%    2.03%    1.50%    0.85%    1.45%    0.81%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.29%    1.34%    1.19%    0.85%    0.71%    0.37%    0.73%    0.32%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.86%    2.24%    2.49%    2.26%    1.82%    1.14%    1.39%    1.03%   
Nonprofit 0.70%    3.71%    3.38%    1.95%    1.12%    0.87%    2.00%    0.73%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.79%    3.28%    3.38%    3.08%    4.22%    3.84%    1.93%    3.10%   
5-9 years 1.27%    2.82%    3.45%    2.16%    2.30%    4.65%    1.79%    1.76%   
10-19 years 0.88%    2.17%    1.82%    1.41%    1.61%    2.38%    1.17%    1.19%   
20 or more years 0.28%    1.56%    1.42%    0.97%    0.63%    0.33%    0.87%    0.29%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.29%    8.24%    3.21%    1.24%    0.66%    0.33%    1.78%    0.29%   
1 location only 0.51%    1.11%    1.07%    0.88%    1.03%    2.35%    0.65%    0.78%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.70%    6.53%    4.69%    3.09%    4.50%    1.87%    3.59%    1.94%   
25-49 % 0.94%    6.08%    4.62%    2.59%    2.34%    1.04%    2.84%    0.99%   
50-74 % 0.79%    2.65%    2.58%    3.15%    1.28%    0.90%    1.51%    0.88%   
75% or more 0.29%    1.26%    1.14%    0.78%    0.63%    0.37%    0.69%    0.31%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.29%    1.10%    1.03%    0.74%    0.56%    0.39%    0.60%    0.32%   
Has union employees 0.57%    6.00%    5.42%    3.32%    2.45%    0.56%    3.55%    0.58%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.62%    3.28%    3.90%    1.59%    1.48%    0.72%    1.77%    0.66%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.28%    1.17%    1.05%    0.80%    0.62%    0.35%    0.64%    0.30%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few 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.