Table I.E.4 Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one 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 18.4%    12.6%    13.2%    15.8%    17.9%    20.1%    13.7%    19.2%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 15.0%    15.9% * --    17.8%    15.1%    12.1%    15.2%    14.9%   
Mining and manufacturing 21.4%    16.1%    16.1%    19.0%    19.5%    23.6%    17.8%    21.9%   
Construction 15.1%    14.6%    12.6%    17.8%    14.5%    13.6%    15.3%    15.0%   
Utilities and transp. 17.7%    10.7% * 16.4%    16.1%    20.7%    17.6%    15.4%    17.9%   
Wholesale trade 19.1%    12.2%    16.5%    16.9%    18.8%    21.6%    15.8%    20.1%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 20.9%    11.8%    15.5%    14.5%    20.3%    22.3%    13.1%    21.7%   
Retail trade 14.9%    8.4%    11.6%    14.2%    15.2%    15.6%    10.7%    15.5%   
Professional services 18.3%    12.2%    12.0%    14.5%    17.6%    20.4%    12.5%    19.3%   
Other services 15.8%    12.9%    10.8%    13.8%    16.1%    17.3%    12.1%    16.8%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 18.5%    12.6%    12.9%    15.7%    18.2%    20.2%    13.7%    19.4%   
For profit, unincorporated 17.5%    10.6%    16.4%    16.8%    16.6%    20.0%    14.0%    18.5%   
Nonprofit 18.4%    17.0%    10.5%    14.9%    17.8%    19.7%    13.1%    18.9%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 15.0%    15.1%    14.6%    15.4%    12.7%    25.9%    14.8%    15.1%   
5-9 years 13.8%    10.4%    12.2%    12.7%    16.6%    16.4%    11.4%    15.6%   
10-19 years 16.1%    12.5%    12.0%    17.3%    16.6%    18.6%    13.5%    17.6%   
20 or more years 19.0%    12.6%    13.8%    15.6%    18.5%    20.1%    14.1%    19.6%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 19.9%    14.5% * 13.2%    16.2%    19.6%    20.1%    14.5%    19.9%   
1 location only 14.8%    12.5%    13.2%    15.7%    15.5%    18.0%    13.7%    15.9%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 14.3%    7.8% * 12.1% * 10.7%    12.3%    18.0%    10.5%    15.4%   
25-49 % 16.5%    12.3%    13.5%    11.8%    17.2%    17.7%    12.1%    17.2%   
50-74 % 15.3%    13.7%    8.6%    14.0%    14.6%    16.4%    12.2%    15.9%   
75% or more 18.9%    12.5%    13.7%    16.2%    18.3%    20.7%    14.1%    19.8%   
Union presence
No union employees 17.9%    12.4%    13.2%    15.8%    18.0%    19.7%    13.7%    18.8%   
Has union employees 20.1%    15.7% * 12.3%    15.5%    17.4%    21.0%    14.0%    20.4%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 14.2%    12.4%    6.5%    12.3%    12.4%    15.7%    11.2%    14.6%   
Less than 50% low-wage 18.8%    12.6%    13.6%    16.1%    18.6%    20.6%    13.9%    19.8%   

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.E.4 Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one 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 0.17%    0.66%    0.57%    0.44%    0.36%    0.23%    0.35%    0.19%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 1.55%    6.62% * --    3.02%    2.72%    2.09%    3.50%    1.71%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.47%    2.81%    1.89%    1.25%    0.96%    0.60%    1.21%    0.51%   
Construction 0.84%    2.19%    2.07%    1.57%    1.75%    1.82%    1.25%    1.14%   
Utilities and transp. 0.93%    3.50% * 3.49%    2.80%    2.19%    1.12%    2.31%    1.00%   
Wholesale trade 0.64%    2.19%    1.94%    1.55%    1.22%    1.04%    1.17%    0.76%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.43%    1.76%    2.02%    1.19%    1.05%    0.52%    1.03%    0.46%   
Retail trade 0.39%    1.66%    1.59%    0.95%    1.09%    0.49%    0.88%    0.42%   
Professional services 0.30%    1.09%    0.87%    0.84%    0.55%    0.43%    0.58%    0.33%   
Other services 0.39%    1.63%    1.15%    1.11%    0.96%    0.50%    0.79%    0.44%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.20%    0.80%    0.65%    0.50%    0.47%    0.27%    0.41%    0.22%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.48%    1.16%    1.58%    1.42%    0.88%    0.69%    0.85%    0.56%   
Nonprofit 0.42%    2.61%    1.61%    1.26%    0.69%    0.59%    1.19%    0.44%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 0.90%    1.75%    1.64%    1.75%    1.82%    4.59%    1.03%    1.57%   
5-9 years 0.62%    1.30%    1.63%    1.18%    1.11%    1.53%    0.84%    0.87%   
10-19 years 0.46%    1.24%    0.90%    0.94%    0.83%    1.08%    0.65%    0.61%   
20 or more years 0.19%    1.07%    0.86%    0.57%    0.43%    0.24%    0.53%    0.20%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.20%    4.69% * 1.59%    0.79%    0.48%    0.24%    1.11%    0.21%   
1 location only 0.28%    0.66%    0.59%    0.52%    0.53%    1.19%    0.37%    0.42%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.01%    2.56% * 4.77% * 1.89%    2.12%    1.47%    1.85%    1.17%   
25-49 % 0.67%    2.99%    2.83%    1.48%    1.63%    0.85%    1.50%    0.72%   
50-74 % 0.45%    1.77%    1.09%    1.71%    0.84%    0.59%    0.92%    0.50%   
75% or more 0.19%    0.74%    0.63%    0.48%    0.40%    0.26%    0.40%    0.21%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.19%    0.65%    0.58%    0.45%    0.36%    0.29%    0.36%    0.21%   
Has union employees 0.37%    4.87% * 2.47%    2.06%    1.45%    0.38%    1.93%    0.38%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.44%    2.04%    1.38%    1.16%    0.90%    0.62%    1.02%    0.48%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.18%    0.69%    0.59%    0.47%    0.39%    0.25%    0.37%    0.20%   

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.