Table I.C.4.a Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take single coverage that required no employee contribution 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 15.8%    60.5%    44.2%    27.5%    13.9%    4.9%    43.3%    9.5%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 36.0%    --    --    --    --    --    64.1%    26.9% *
Mining and manufacturing 12.7%    56.3%    42.5%    25.0%    10.5%    5.1%    38.1%    8.5%   
Construction 33.4%    63.1%    42.9%    33.7%    29.9%    5.8% * 45.0%    24.3%   
Utilities and transp. 8.2%    32.0%    40.6%    17.9% * 8.6% * 4.7% * 27.6%    6.1%   
Wholesale trade 18.8%    57.0%    46.7%    28.6%    16.0%    2.5% * 46.3%    8.8%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 13.0%    66.6%    52.4%    29.7%    15.7%    3.4% * 49.1%    7.5%   
Retail trade 8.5%    55.7%    45.4%    10.8%    7.0% * 1.9% * 37.4%    3.5%   
Professional services 17.9%    64.8%    50.1%    30.6%    15.0%    6.7%    47.4%    11.6%   
Other services 15.4%    54.7%    31.2%    29.8%    11.0%    4.6%    37.5%    9.4%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 14.7%    60.4%    43.2%    26.4%    12.4%    4.4%    43.1%    8.1%   
For profit, unincorporated 19.7%    60.8%    47.9%    22.2%    15.1%    4.1%    44.7%    10.8%   
Nonprofit 17.6%    60.4%    47.4%    38.4%    17.4%    7.7%    42.5%    14.6%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 24.3%    49.4%    32.0%    19.9% * 8.9% * 3.0% * 31.0%    16.6% *
5-9 years 33.3%    56.8%    50.3%    36.0%    12.9%    18.1% * 45.5%    22.6%   
10-19 years 27.1%    63.6%    39.5%    28.2%    17.2%    5.4%    43.5%    16.3%   
20 or more years 12.5%    63.3%    47.7%    27.0%    13.5%    4.8%    45.2%    8.1%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 6.9%    76.7%    38.3%    25.1%    10.9%    4.5%    31.1%    6.4%   
1 location only 32.8%    60.4%    44.6%    28.1%    17.8%    21.3% * 44.2%    21.3%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 16.2%    67.6%    38.5% * 14.7%    14.8% * 5.0% * 39.9%    9.2% *
25-49 % 13.5%    49.7%    35.3%    26.2%    16.3%    4.5%    33.3%    10.2%   
50-74 % 14.1%    63.5%    37.0%    26.7% * 14.9%    2.7%    43.4%    7.8%   
75% or more 16.1%    60.2%    45.7%    27.9%    13.7%    5.3%    43.8%    9.7%   
Union presence
No union employees 16.6%    60.2%    43.2%    25.9%    12.2%    4.6%    42.3%    9.4%   
Has union employees 11.9%    71.7%    71.1%    58.3%    29.7%    5.5%    71.9%    9.9%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 11.4%    70.5%    43.9%    18.1%    10.3%    4.1%    42.5%    7.0%   
Less than 50% low-wage 16.4%    59.4%    44.3%    28.6%    14.6%    5.0%    43.4%    9.9%   

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.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

-- 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.a Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take single coverage that required no employee contribution 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 0.46%    1.76%    1.89%    1.61%    1.05%    0.44%    1.14%    0.48%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 7.41%    --    --    --    --    --    10.32%    8.78% *
Mining and manufacturing 1.15%    7.64%    5.94%    3.74%    2.25%    1.16%    3.52%    1.16%   
Construction 3.06%    5.17%    5.79%    5.17%    7.95%    3.13% * 3.76%    4.65%   
Utilities and transp. 1.62%    7.95%    11.32%    9.06% * 3.15% * 1.62% * 6.13%    1.59%   
Wholesale trade 1.95%    6.86%    6.35%    5.88%    4.35%    1.19% * 4.27%    1.81%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.19%    6.32%    6.92%    5.10%    3.05%    1.05% * 4.06%    1.14%   
Retail trade 0.89%    5.37%    6.26%    2.66%    2.81% * 0.67% * 3.49%    0.76%   
Professional services 0.83%    2.77%    3.26%    2.86%    1.66%    0.95%    2.07%    0.88%   
Other services 1.27%    4.04%    4.17%    5.11%    2.31%    1.00%    2.53%    1.46%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.51%    2.13%    2.20%    1.75%    1.20%    0.49%    1.35%    0.50%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.68%    3.71%    4.92%    5.65%    3.70%    1.07%    2.65%    2.12%   
Nonprofit 1.23%    5.75%    5.66%    4.48%    2.17%    1.42%    3.73%    1.31%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 3.62%    5.21%    5.71%    8.17% * 5.02% * 2.69% * 3.22%    7.23% *
5-9 years 2.55%    4.58%    6.20%    5.18%    3.71%    8.76% * 3.31%    3.70%   
10-19 years 1.56%    3.41%    3.50%    3.09%    3.40%    1.62%    2.19%    2.12%   
20 or more years 0.47%    2.58%    2.63%    1.97%    1.12%    0.45%    1.65%    0.46%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.39%    11.18%    5.44%    2.67%    0.99%    0.41%    3.57%    0.39%   
1 location only 1.01%    1.77%    1.99%    1.91%    1.99%    6.96% * 1.20%    1.66%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.80%    8.77%    12.06% * 4.27%    7.42% * 3.18% * 6.59%    3.23% *
25-49 % 1.66%    7.10%    6.43%    5.67%    4.85%    1.34%    3.59%    1.87%   
50-74 % 1.44%    4.07%    4.71%    8.65% * 3.48%    0.63%    2.67%    1.69%   
75% or more 0.51%    2.05%    2.13%    1.65%    1.15%    0.53%    1.31%    0.53%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.50%    1.79%    1.92%    1.64%    0.96%    0.52%    1.16%    0.53%   
Has union employees 1.14%    8.84%    9.91%    6.55%    5.35%    0.85%    5.49%    1.13%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.02%    4.17%    6.18%    3.39%    2.17%    1.19%    3.09%    1.06%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.51%    1.90%    1.98%    1.75%    1.18%    0.48%    1.22%    0.54%   

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.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

-- 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.