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, 2018
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 13.2%    51.8%    39.2%    20.8%    12.6%    4.9%    38.7%    8.0%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 36.0%    --    --    --    --    --    52.1%    31.7% *
Mining and manufacturing 9.4%    46.7%    30.2%    17.3%    9.8%    3.3%    30.9%    6.1%   
Construction 24.9%    39.6%    45.2%    24.6%    24.1%    5.6% * 38.5%    16.6%   
Utilities and transp. 13.0%    42.6% * 18.4% * 20.7%    22.0%    7.9%    29.6%    11.2%   
Wholesale trade 15.7%    64.4%    46.5%    23.0%    8.7%    4.2% * 42.7%    8.3%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 11.6%    55.8%    51.2%    20.8%    15.2%    3.3%    46.9%    6.8%   
Retail trade 7.4%    48.4%    25.8%    15.4%    10.9%    1.2%    29.5%    3.6%   
Professional services 13.8%    52.0%    40.4%    27.8%    10.4%    5.2%    41.7%    8.2%   
Other services 14.0%    52.1%    40.2%    12.6%    8.9%    9.0%    37.9%    8.8%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 13.0%    51.3%    39.5%    20.6%    14.1%    4.3%    38.0%    7.7%   
For profit, unincorporated 13.8%    51.0%    33.0%    14.9%    8.8%    5.1%    37.5%    6.8%   
Nonprofit 13.3%    57.7%    49.4%    29.5%    11.6%    7.3%    46.2%    10.1%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 25.6%    52.5%    27.6%    14.9%    16.1% * 18.5% * 36.9%    15.1%   
5-9 years 23.9%    42.6%    33.4%    18.3%    21.7% * 4.8% * 33.1%    16.9%   
10-19 years 19.7%    52.6%    37.8%    19.1%    10.0%    3.8%    37.5%    9.9%   
20 or more years 11.0%    54.7%    43.1%    22.4%    12.1%    4.8%    41.0%    7.3%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 6.9%    42.3%    46.9%    21.6%    11.2%    4.7%    35.2%    6.4%   
1 location only 26.7%    51.9%    38.6%    20.6%    14.8%    13.3% * 39.0%    14.9%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 13.6%    66.0%    50.6%    25.4%    10.0%    2.8% * 49.0%    6.6%   
25-49 % 12.5%    35.0%    42.6%    17.0%    9.5%    7.2% * 30.6%    9.2%   
50-74 % 11.3%    57.2%    36.1%    16.3%    9.1%    3.7%    40.9%    5.8%   
75% or more 13.4%    51.3%    39.1%    21.4%    13.3%    5.0%    38.6%    8.3%   
Union presence
No union employees 14.3%    51.9%    38.0%    20.0%    12.1%    5.0%    37.8%    8.5%   
Has union employees 8.3%    49.0%    74.5%    37.7%    17.7%    4.7%    63.6%    6.6%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 9.6%    52.0%    39.1%    14.2%    12.7% * 3.1%    34.8%    6.5%   
Less than 50% low-wage 13.7%    51.8%    39.2%    21.6%    12.6%    5.1%    39.0%    8.3%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 17.1%    47.5%    38.0%    20.6%    15.3%    4.6%    37.0%    9.7%   
25-49 % 11.5%    48.8%    42.5%    19.9%    14.2%    4.7%    38.7%    7.8%   
50-74 % 11.7%    63.7%    38.0%    20.8%    11.2%    5.0%    42.8%    7.3%   
75% or more 12.7%    48.0%    39.3%    22.1%    9.7%    5.2%    37.9%    7.7%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 15.9%    48.2%    38.1%    20.8%    14.4%    5.2%    36.3%    10.0%   
25-49 % 9.9%    48.6%    40.9%    21.2%    11.1%    4.8%    38.3%    6.8%   
50-74 % 16.4%    54.3%    38.6%    21.0%    12.4%    4.6%    41.7%    8.2%   
75% or more 27.3%    66.1%    41.3%    12.0% * 11.2% * 3.9% * 51.3%    6.9%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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, 2018
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 0.40%    1.99%    1.97%    1.16%    1.03%    0.38%    1.09%    0.40%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 10.24%    --    --    --    --    --    11.81%    13.02% *
Mining and manufacturing 0.85%    7.86%    5.04%    2.98%    1.88%    0.63%    3.28%    0.78%   
Construction 2.32%    5.90%    5.37%    3.77%    5.54%    1.87% * 3.28%    2.81%   
Utilities and transp. 1.83%    13.47% * 7.84% * 5.92%    6.41%    1.64%    5.90%    1.91%   
Wholesale trade 1.76%    7.24%    6.66%    4.98%    2.46%    1.75% * 3.93%    1.75%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.07%    5.77%    8.33%    3.67%    3.34%    0.64%    4.11%    0.97%   
Retail trade 0.89%    6.09%    6.21%    3.19%    3.24%    0.34%    3.25%    0.77%   
Professional services 0.71%    3.48%    3.56%    2.47%    1.36%    0.74%    2.01%    0.69%   
Other services 1.06%    4.52%    4.66%    1.82%    1.98%    1.54%    2.52%    1.10%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.49%    2.36%    2.31%    1.42%    1.48%    0.43%    1.29%    0.50%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.05%    4.24%    4.58%    2.30%    2.11%    1.19%    2.52%    1.01%   
Nonprofit 0.96%    7.16%    6.09%    3.43%    1.77%    1.07%    3.40%    0.95%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.60%    5.23%    6.13%    3.69%    5.32% * 7.01% * 3.43%    3.68%   
5-9 years 2.89%    5.03%    5.98%    3.40%    7.74% * 2.32% * 3.14%    4.63%   
10-19 years 1.30%    3.88%    3.73%    2.51%    1.95%    1.12%    2.20%    1.36%   
20 or more years 0.41%    2.99%    2.72%    1.52%    1.04%    0.40%    1.51%    0.40%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.37%    10.94%    5.87%    2.24%    1.03%    0.38%    3.23%    0.37%   
1 location only 0.93%    2.00%    2.07%    1.35%    2.08%    4.23% * 1.15%    1.39%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.02%    10.10%    8.70%    6.43%    2.49%    1.20% * 5.37%    1.45%   
25-49 % 1.73%    8.10%    7.69%    4.01%    2.60%    2.70% * 3.97%    1.88%   
50-74 % 1.05%    5.05%    5.53%    3.38%    2.56%    0.92%    3.08%    1.00%   
75% or more 0.45%    2.25%    2.18%    1.30%    1.19%    0.43%    1.22%    0.46%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.46%    2.00%    1.99%    1.17%    1.10%    0.49%    1.10%    0.49%   
Has union employees 0.72%    12.68%    7.01%    7.31%    3.14%    0.61%    6.16%    0.66%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.32%    6.49%    6.18%    2.68%    4.23% * 0.82%    3.43%    1.42%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.42%    2.09%    2.06%    1.26%    0.98%    0.42%    1.15%    0.42%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 0.86%    3.42%    2.97%    1.84%    2.01%    0.75%    1.74%    0.89%   
25-49 % 0.90%    4.58%    4.58%    2.68%    2.95%    0.77%    2.58%    0.93%   
50-74 % 0.70%    3.78%    4.73%    2.42%    1.57%    0.69%    2.46%    0.66%   
75% or more 0.82%    4.06%    4.20%    2.71%    1.70%    0.85%    2.33%    0.81%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 0.77%    3.04%    2.93%    1.77%    1.92%    0.76%    1.62%    0.85%   
25-49 % 0.50%    4.27%    3.34%    1.90%    1.26%    0.50%    2.02%    0.48%   
50-74 % 1.19%    4.35%    4.62%    2.97%    2.77%    1.11%    2.61%    1.20%   
75% or more 2.98%    4.30%    9.29%    4.26% * 4.74% * 2.34% * 3.97%    2.07%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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.