Table I.E.4.a Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one 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 7.6%    48.3%    23.1%    13.9%    4.9%    4.3%    26.6%    5.1%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 13.0% * --    --    --    --    --    20.9% * 10.4% *
Mining and manufacturing 5.6%    30.2% * 27.9%    16.0%    1.2% * 4.0% * 24.2%    3.8%   
Construction 20.6%    41.0%    21.0% * 22.9%    18.3% * 2.0% * 24.8%    17.5%   
Utilities and transp. 7.1%    --    5.1% * 27.9% * 2.2% * 6.4%    20.8% * 5.9%   
Wholesale trade 6.4%    43.7%    12.8% * 7.0% * 10.8% * 0.6% * 18.7%    3.5% *
Fin. svs. and real estate 5.6%    40.7%    32.6%    9.3% * 4.6% * 3.8% * 28.4%    4.1% *
Retail trade 3.6%    51.9%    10.0% * 2.1% * 4.4% * 1.7%    17.5%    2.1%   
Professional services 8.2%    55.2%    25.0%    14.4%    4.1%    5.5%    29.5%    5.8%   
Other services 10.2%    56.6%    33.4%    14.4%    5.3% * 4.9%    35.8%    5.7%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 7.2%    49.0%    22.5%    14.3%    5.2%    3.7%    26.7%    4.6%   
For profit, unincorporated 7.3%    39.4%    18.9%    4.6% * 4.0% * 4.5% * 20.0%    4.3%   
Nonprofit 9.4%    57.8%    40.3%    22.8%    4.5% * 7.0%    38.4%    7.4%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 15.3%    38.3%    16.6% * 11.1% * 1.9% * 0.3% * 21.8%    7.4% *
5-9 years 22.1%    50.6%    21.2% * 32.6%    8.4% * 10.2% * 30.7%    17.0%   
10-19 years 10.4%    49.1%    19.0%    10.4%    2.3% * 3.4% * 24.8%    4.0%   
20 or more years 6.5%    51.0%    26.5%    13.6%    5.2%    4.3%    27.9%    4.8%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 4.5%    --    24.1%    8.9% * 5.0%    4.1%    16.4% * 4.4%   
1 location only 17.3%    48.6%    23.0%    15.3%    4.7%    13.9% * 27.5%    9.1%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 12.1%    --    --    22.8% * 8.6% * 5.6% * 34.7%    7.6% *
25-49 % 8.6%    61.2%    23.9% * 15.7% * 8.2% * 4.2% * 32.4%    6.0%   
50-74 % 7.9%    52.8%    16.4% * 12.7% * 5.2% * 3.9%    31.1%    4.7%   
75% or more 7.4%    46.6%    23.4%    13.8%    4.7%    4.3%    25.8%    5.0%   
Union presence
No union employees 7.6%    46.0%    21.0%    11.5%    4.2%    4.3%    24.6%    4.8%   
Has union employees 7.3%    --    63.0%    46.7%    10.3% * 4.3%    63.8%    5.8%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 7.1%    61.1%    24.5% * 13.8%    6.0% * 3.2%    33.7%    4.4%   
Less than 50% low-wage 7.6%    47.0%    23.0%    13.9%    4.8%    4.4%    26.1%    5.1%   

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.

* 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.a Standard errors for percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that take employee-plus-one 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 0.45%    3.13%    2.33%    1.55%    0.71%    0.59%    1.50%    0.47%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 5.69% * --    --    --    --    --    9.64% * 6.90% *
Mining and manufacturing 0.95%    10.15% * 7.15%    3.84%    0.44% * 1.32% * 4.34%    0.92%   
Construction 3.24%    8.63%    6.74% * 6.04%    7.06% * 1.53% * 4.27%    4.73%   
Utilities and transp. 1.59%    --    3.62% * 13.18% * 1.14% * 1.74%    9.62% * 1.45%   
Wholesale trade 1.27%    10.82%    5.15% * 2.90% * 4.37% * 0.30% * 3.75%    1.28% *
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.43%    7.78%    9.12%    4.13% * 1.90% * 1.80% * 4.66%    1.50% *
Retail trade 0.58%    11.13%    3.88% * 0.95% * 2.37% * 0.43%    3.53%    0.50%   
Professional services 0.88%    5.55%    4.62%    3.07%    0.88%    1.19%    2.93%    0.91%   
Other services 1.21%    7.10%    6.23%    3.77%    2.02% * 1.38%    3.97%    1.16%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.52%    3.79%    2.64%    1.88%    0.93%    0.64%    1.77%    0.53%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.12%    6.09%    5.59%    1.92% * 1.37% * 1.87% * 2.99%    1.18%   
Nonprofit 1.34%    9.25%    9.30%    5.00%    1.47% * 1.87%    5.23%    1.37%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.84%    8.47%    5.25% * 4.15% * 1.36% * 0.35% * 4.28%    3.12% *
5-9 years 3.02%    7.23%    6.65% * 7.71%    3.34% * 6.43% * 4.23%    4.10%   
10-19 years 1.12%    5.66%    4.18%    2.55%    0.73% * 1.33% * 2.76%    0.88%   
20 or more years 0.50%    4.93%    3.45%    2.04%    0.88%    0.61%    2.17%    0.51%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.48%    --    7.13%    2.77% * 0.88%    0.57%    4.95% * 0.48%   
1 location only 1.09%    3.15%    2.44%    1.83%    1.20%    9.29% * 1.57%    1.51%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.70%    --    --    8.69% * 5.37% * 2.89% * 8.77%    2.57% *
25-49 % 1.58%    12.38%    10.89% * 7.10% * 3.61% * 1.53% * 6.82%    1.52%   
50-74 % 1.03%    7.49%    5.05% * 4.99% * 1.79% * 1.00%    4.25%    0.95%   
75% or more 0.51%    3.61%    2.55%    1.67%    0.77%    0.68%    1.65%    0.53%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.51%    3.13%    2.33%    1.40%    0.68%    0.74%    1.48%    0.53%   
Has union employees 1.01%    --    11.29%    9.44%    3.20% * 0.96%    7.42%    0.98%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.98%    9.21%    9.64% * 4.05%    1.90% * 0.93%    5.34%    0.86%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.49%    3.30%    2.38%    1.64%    0.75%    0.64%    1.56%    0.51%   

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.