IC Table 2000: TIC2c

Table I.C.2.c(2000) Average total employee contribution (in dollars) for any-provider plans per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2000

			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
Characteristics	Total

United States	414.43		330.78	323.30	596.01	424.75	416.32	371.80		437.69

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	439.00	*						399.54	*	578.41
Mining and manufacturing	332.89							696.01	*	281.98
Construction	494.21	*						499.02	*	478.46	*
Utilities and transp.	165.18							350.16	*	134.41
Wholesale trade	261.30							153.86	*	352.73
Fin. svs. and real est.	527.98							340.91		590.02
Retail trade	433.34			These cell estimates have been suppressed because the size of their standard errors makes them extremely unreliable. Column or row estimates should be used in place of these estimates.				472.97		417.05
Professional services	383.87							269.85		477.43
Other Services	557.93							385.17		710.79

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	411.44							402.21		415.81
For profit, unincorporated	493.12							364.30		759.87
Nonprofit	299.44							194.26	*	367.61
Unknown	568.80							*****		568.80

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	275.37	*						265.27	*	321.20	*
5-9 years	497.50							305.17	*	996.57
10-19 years	467.57							446.45		503.93
20 or more years	372.34							383.32		366.71
Unknown	493.61							588.00	*	493.57

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	430.73							492.12		427.33
1 location only	390.15							360.03		511.03

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	731.65							609.65		805.72
25-49%	425.55							111.20		632.74
50-74%	416.10							460.25	*	393.05
75% or more	404.96							363.87		427.28

Union presence
No union employees	451.04							382.64		502.46
Has union employees	274.99							292.99	*	272.97
Unknown	411.29							*****		479.76

Percent low wage employees **
50% or more low wage	496.06							441.24		553.91
Less than 50% low wage	371.14							353.55		391.44
Unknown	431.79							131.10	*	438.06

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 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.
** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix.
***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.

Table I.C.2.c(2000) Standard error for average total employee contribution (in dollars) for any-provider plans per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2000

			Less than 10employees	10 - 24 employees	25 - 99 employees	100-999 employees	1000 or more employees	Less than 50 employees		50 or more employees
Characteristics	Total

United States	17.09		43.90	44.08	118.52	63.33	22.01	34.94		18.89

Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.	338.26	*						342.19	*	157.31
Mining and manufacturing	28.17							431.14	*	22.16
Construction	260.85	*						275.50	*	144.01	*
Utilities and transp.	48.33							229.58	*	37.07
Wholesale trade	56.81							74.14	*	88.08
Fin. svs. and real est.	105.53							97.96		112.89
Retail trade	48.67							94.31		50.15
Professional services	49.29							69.52		38.17
Other Services	70.78							83.78		74.53

Ownership
For profit, incorporated	21.65							53.12		22.90
For profit, unincorporated	64.20							79.01		158.54
Nonprofit	56.88							101.90	*	55.07
Unknown	105.82							*****		105.82

Age of firm
Less than 5 years	88.79	*						108.58	*	141.37	*
5-9 years	105.56							100.98	*	219.05
10-19 years	59.29							90.38		109.43
20 or more years	24.63							48.64		35.92
Unknown	35.35							185.94	*	35.35

Multi/single status
2 or more locations	17.99							107.03		16.30
1 location only	32.54							38.35		64.38

Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%	128.13							129.85		158.78
25-49%	91.55							29.15		186.77
50-74%	73.12							156.18	*	42.26
75% or more	8.99							32.64		20.88

Union presence
No union employees	21.99							38.16		17.15
Has union employees	28.78							240.12	*	33.05
Unknown	104.74							*****		137.58

Percent low wage employees **
50% or more low wage	65.33							102.96		103.12
Less than 50% low wage	24.50							35.92		41.11
Unknown	34.49							190.20	*	32.77

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 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.
** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix.
***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.