Table I.D.4.a Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take family 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 8.9%    54.4%    29.5%    17.9%    8.7%    3.3%    34.4%    5.2%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 12.4%    --    --    --    --    --    32.0% * 5.8% *
Mining and manufacturing 7.2%    57.4%    27.6%    16.5%    6.5% * 4.0% * 31.0%    5.2%   
Construction 34.3%    56.2%    46.2%    37.7%    32.7%    6.5% * 45.2%    27.7%   
Utilities and transp. 6.2%    --    25.3% * 42.5% * 3.1% * 3.3% * 35.9% * 3.6%   
Wholesale trade 9.3%    64.2%    24.7% * 14.1% * 8.5% * 0.1% * 32.6%    4.2% *
Fin. svs. and real estate 5.5%    55.3%    35.3%    21.5% * 6.6% * 1.9% * 37.4%    3.2% *
Retail trade 4.8%    64.7%    19.3% * 3.7% * 2.1% * 0.4% * 31.1%    0.7% *
Professional services 7.5%    58.8%    25.6%    8.2%    6.1% * 3.7%    31.8%    4.5%   
Other services 11.7%    38.2%    30.5%    20.6%    9.8% * 6.2% * 31.6%    7.3%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 8.7%    55.4%    29.6%    18.4%    9.2%    2.8%    34.8%    5.0%   
For profit, unincorporated 11.6%    50.9%    20.9%    10.9% * 13.1% * 2.9% * 29.0%    7.1%   
Nonprofit 8.1%    53.7%    44.0%    22.4%    3.2% * 5.4% * 40.2%    5.5%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 25.2%    53.3%    18.9% * 14.3% * 15.3% * 0.0%    30.8%    16.0% *
5-9 years 23.6%    51.7%    39.9%    14.1% * 7.8% * 11.3% * 39.8%    10.9% *
10-19 years 14.2%    57.0%    21.3%    13.5%    7.0% * 1.7% * 30.1%    6.3% *
20 or more years 7.2%    54.4%    34.4%    20.3%    8.9%    3.3%    36.1%    4.9%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 3.9%    --    25.3% * 14.3%    5.8%    3.1%    19.3%    3.7%   
1 location only 23.9%    54.9%    29.8%    18.9%    12.8%    9.5% * 35.4%    13.6%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 13.1%    47.1%    --    21.2% * 1.6% * 2.1% * 41.0%    2.6% *
25-49 % 7.0%    21.1% * 34.6% * 12.4% * 5.3% * 4.0% * 23.6%    4.6% *
50-74 % 6.2%    60.9%    22.9% * 17.9% * 4.3% * 0.8% * 38.9%    1.7% *
75% or more 9.2%    55.5%    29.8%    18.0%    9.2%    3.6%    34.1%    5.7%   
Union presence
No union employees 7.7%    52.2%    24.6%    12.1%    4.5%    2.6%    30.3%    3.6%   
Has union employees 12.5%    78.9%    77.4%    57.8%    29.6%    4.7%    70.6%    9.4%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 6.2%    48.8%    19.6% * 11.1% * 8.0% * 2.0% * 31.5%    3.5% *
Less than 50% low-wage 9.1%    54.9%    29.8%    18.3%    8.8%    3.4%    34.5%    5.4%   

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.D.4.a Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take family 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 0.52%    2.63%    2.65%    1.97%    1.52%    0.54%    1.60%    0.54%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 3.71%    --    --    --    --    --    10.05% * 3.03% *
Mining and manufacturing 1.38%    8.54%    6.80%    4.14%    3.16% * 1.60% * 4.50%    1.45%   
Construction 3.82%    7.90%    8.15%    6.92%    8.78%    4.20% * 5.19%    5.33%   
Utilities and transp. 1.50%    --    14.68% * 14.47% * 1.76% * 1.01% * 10.87% * 0.95%   
Wholesale trade 1.57%    8.30%    7.43% * 6.26% * 3.77% * 0.08% * 4.54%    1.54% *
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.09%    7.89%    8.29%    8.79% * 3.14% * 1.03% * 5.62%    1.04% *
Retail trade 0.89%    7.98%    9.58% * 1.97% * 1.32% * 0.17% * 5.23%    0.22% *
Professional services 0.92%    4.50%    4.63%    2.12%    2.35% * 1.09%    2.85%    0.96%   
Other services 1.63%    5.29%    6.55%    5.02%    4.50% * 2.06% * 3.48%    1.82%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.58%    3.20%    3.10%    2.26%    1.90%    0.54%    1.90%    0.59%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.83%    5.65%    5.36%    5.58% * 5.10% * 1.29% * 3.70%    2.10%   
Nonprofit 1.45%    7.34%    9.01%    5.84%    1.15% * 1.96% * 4.86%    1.51%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 4.24%    7.90%    7.51% * 5.73% * 12.09% * 0.00%    4.97%    7.97% *
5-9 years 2.84%    6.22%    8.68%    5.75% * 3.41% * 7.88% * 4.38%    3.28% *
10-19 years 1.72%    5.08%    4.43%    3.84%    3.70% * 1.10% * 2.92%    2.06% *
20 or more years 0.56%    3.79%    3.80%    2.63%    1.79%    0.56%    2.32%    0.57%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.49%    --    7.95% * 3.77%    1.46%    0.52%    4.22%    0.50%   
1 location only 1.35%    2.65%    2.77%    2.29%    2.95%    6.98% * 1.68%    2.12%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.98%    12.44%    --    10.40% * 1.22% * 1.43% * 8.60%    1.19% *
25-49 % 1.83%    8.10% * 15.82% * 4.50% * 2.76% * 2.30% * 6.98%    1.82% *
50-74 % 0.88%    6.29%    6.97% * 6.52% * 2.63% * 0.36% * 4.34%    0.62% *
75% or more 0.59%    2.93%    2.87%    2.13%    1.67%    0.62%    1.78%    0.62%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.51%    2.69%    2.52%    1.73%    1.22%    0.57%    1.54%    0.52%   
Has union employees 1.38%    9.90%    6.60%    7.26%    5.85%    1.15%    6.36%    1.37%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.27%    8.23%    7.46% * 3.42% * 5.32% * 0.97% * 4.59%    1.31% *
Less than 50% low-wage 0.55%    2.76%    2.71%    2.07%    1.59%    0.58%    1.67%    0.57%   

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.