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, 2017
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 54.6%    62.2%    63.6%    63.8%    57.7%    50.1%    63.5%    53.0%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 62.1%    53.8%    --    73.0%    74.7%    48.0%    64.1%    61.6%   
Mining and manufacturing 48.8%    61.6%    63.1%    56.0%    48.2%    46.2%    60.1%    47.6%   
Construction 56.9%    59.0%    61.8%    59.1%    54.1%    51.1%    60.9%    54.2%   
Utilities and transp. 51.1%    63.4%    53.1%    61.6%    56.1%    48.7%    57.7%    50.5%   
Wholesale trade 51.4%    54.1%    58.3%    63.5%    50.3%    46.5%    58.8%    49.4%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 51.1%    65.9%    61.5%    63.8%    55.5%    48.1%    64.7%    49.8%   
Retail trade 63.0%    69.6%    72.4%    67.3%    66.5%    59.6%    70.3%    61.7%   
Professional services 54.7%    63.5%    63.3%    65.4%    60.2%    49.1%    64.3%    53.1%   
Other services 60.3%    61.5%    66.8%    69.9%    66.6%    55.0%    65.4%    59.1%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 54.0%    61.8%    62.9%    62.9%    56.5%    50.1%    63.1%    52.4%   
For profit, unincorporated 56.8%    65.0%    64.9%    65.3%    56.7%    51.5%    64.8%    54.6%   
Nonprofit 55.3%    59.6%    66.7%    67.0%    62.8%    49.0%    63.9%    54.4%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 63.9%    61.5%    67.6%    67.9%    60.8%    60.1%    65.9%    62.0%   
5-9 years 61.3%    65.6%    65.6%    63.4%    59.7%    52.0%    65.3%    58.5%   
10-19 years 60.8%    61.2%    65.4%    63.5%    60.7%    54.7%    63.6%    59.4%   
20 or more years 53.0%    62.1%    61.4%    63.5%    56.6%    49.8%    62.5%    52.0%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 51.9%    63.7%    59.3%    65.1%    56.6%    50.1%    64.5%    51.6%   
1 location only 61.3%    62.2%    63.9%    63.4%    59.2%    49.9%    63.4%    59.5%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 64.1%    53.5%    68.8%    74.8%    67.2%    61.3%    63.5%    64.2%   
25-49 % 64.3%    55.1%    67.0%    72.8%    66.6%    61.6%    63.8%    64.3%   
50-74 % 62.1%    66.0%    72.2%    71.6%    67.6%    57.5%    70.7%    60.7%   
75% or more 53.2%    62.4%    62.6%    62.3%    56.1%    48.6%    62.7%    51.5%   
Union presence
No union employees 56.1%    62.9%    64.8%    65.3%    58.6%    50.7%    64.4%    54.3%   
Has union employees 48.4%    42.3%    35.8%    44.3%    50.4%    48.5%    43.9%    48.5%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 68.2%    64.5%    75.8%    77.6%    71.7%    64.6%    74.0%    67.5%   
Less than 50% low-wage 53.0%    62.1%    62.8%    62.2%    55.9%    48.4%    62.7%    51.3%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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, 2017
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 0.29%    1.24%    1.14%    0.73%    0.63%    0.36%    0.64%    0.31%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 4.13%    9.49%    --    4.09%    7.34%    7.12%    5.90%    4.92%   
Mining and manufacturing 0.74%    4.63%    3.47%    1.75%    1.25%    1.04%    1.79%    0.78%   
Construction 1.55%    4.29%    3.98%    2.61%    3.52%    1.86%    2.18%    2.09%   
Utilities and transp. 0.96%    7.27%    7.16%    5.61%    2.59%    1.01%    4.49%    0.97%   
Wholesale trade 0.85%    3.81%    3.18%    1.87%    1.72%    1.02%    1.89%    0.91%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.83%    3.86%    3.61%    2.32%    1.87%    0.90%    2.04%    0.84%   
Retail trade 0.73%    3.76%    3.37%    2.58%    1.74%    0.82%    2.12%    0.76%   
Professional services 0.52%    2.18%    1.75%    1.24%    1.02%    0.65%    1.08%    0.56%   
Other services 0.74%    2.94%    2.84%    1.79%    1.73%    0.88%    1.66%    0.80%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.34%    1.49%    1.37%    0.89%    0.80%    0.40%    0.78%    0.36%   
For profit, unincorporated 0.98%    2.61%    2.35%    1.75%    1.69%    1.61%    1.38%    1.15%   
Nonprofit 0.63%    4.40%    3.29%    1.83%    1.28%    0.73%    2.01%    0.66%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.79%    3.42%    4.02%    2.40%    4.37%    3.45%    2.04%    2.90%   
5-9 years 1.38%    2.93%    3.60%    1.95%    2.90%    3.74%    1.83%    1.92%   
10-19 years 0.86%    2.48%    1.92%    1.68%    1.68%    1.80%    1.27%    1.11%   
20 or more years 0.31%    1.82%    1.55%    0.94%    0.68%    0.36%    0.89%    0.32%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.32%    7.01%    4.27%    1.41%    0.75%    0.36%    2.17%    0.32%   
1 location only 0.53%    1.26%    1.17%    0.85%    1.07%    2.58%    0.67%    0.80%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.76%    5.87%    4.80%    3.14%    5.77%    1.56%    3.85%    1.98%   
25-49 % 1.05%    6.91%    4.55%    2.75%    2.41%    1.21%    3.02%    1.12%   
50-74 % 0.75%    3.76%    3.25%    2.02%    1.89%    0.85%    1.97%    0.79%   
75% or more 0.31%    1.37%    1.25%    0.80%    0.68%    0.39%    0.70%    0.34%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.32%    1.24%    1.07%    0.69%    0.63%    0.42%    0.63%    0.35%   
Has union employees 0.64%    8.61%    7.41%    3.77%    2.39%    0.67%    4.43%    0.65%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 0.68%    5.06%    3.20%    1.58%    1.63%    0.78%    2.04%    0.71%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.30%    1.28%    1.18%    0.78%    0.66%    0.37%    0.67%    0.32%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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.