Table VII.C.2.a

Table VII.C.2.a(2003) Average total employee contribution (in dollars) for exclusive-provider plans per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2003

			Percent Full-Time Employees						Percent Low-Wage Employees **
Division and State	Total		75% or more		50-74%		Less than 50%		50% or more		Less than 50%		Unknown

United States	612		592		693		717		745		593		590

New England:
Connecticut	840		682		1,448		1,041	*	1,543		825		651
Maine	751		689		999		1,175		998		680		790
Massachusetts	724		749		576		736		1,362	*	727		628
New Hampshire	809		792		843		1,034		1,107		888		411
Rhode Island	861		757		1,431		622	*	876		1,001		527
Vermont	732		695		898	*	665	*	1,099	*	777		496	*

Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey	705		799		652	*	104	*	1,127		665		556
New York	668		613		752		1,103		803		663		621
Pennsylvania	721		730		906	*	384	*	691		743		689

East North Central:
Illinois	786	*	789	*	748		841		898	*	894	*	546
Indiana	792		790		559	*	2,401	*	968		760		753
Michigan	573		555		504	*	1,015	*	984		567		419
Ohio	558		537		653		781		787		425	*	653
Wisconsin	652		670		482		738		680	*	733		562

West North Central:
Iowa	725		711		572		1,115	*	776		703		724
Kansas	667		692		500		833	*	327	*	685		740
Minnesota	532	*	448	*	834	*	686		1,175		533		452	*
Missouri	671		650		823		307	*	652	*	611		773
Nebraska	952		978	*	947	*	546	*	983	*	1,072	*	753
North Dakota	603		518		978		828		834		625		241	*
South Dakota	1,002		1,074		969	*	611	*	1,615		795		939

South Atlantic:
Delaware	569		558		702	*	365	*	887	*	555		511
District of Columbia	813		787		1,096		839		867	*	802		831
Florida	822		806		726		1,174		1,075	*	770		755
Georgia	648		611		900		624	*	799		591		651
Maryland	777		657		1,067	*	1,517		927		885		370
North Carolina	566		582		763	*	379	*	784	*	528		648
South Carolina	726		678		408		1,500	*	681		816		559
Virginia	700		682		732		847	*	730	*	670		761
West Virginia	585	*	586	*	434		935		498		627	*	595

East South Central:
Alabama	512		468	*	685		658	*	423	*	441		954
Kentucky	734		692		1,020		513	*	510		847		839
Mississippi	207	*	221	*	51	*	.		257	*	123	*	600	*
Tennessee	684		722		38	*	441	*	520		688		720

West South Central:
Arkansas	658		711		307	*	53	*	812		698		526
Louisiana	609		670		82	*	906		504		706		545
Oklahoma	899		901		895	*	874	*	709	*	783		1,107
Texas	592		551		1,065		665		679		598		540

Mountain:
Arizona	558		602		330	*	759	*	562	*	541		579
Colorado	563		565		490		697	*	288	*	666		403
Idaho	677		463		1,255		1,324		2,068		203	*	667
Montana	357	*	383	*	385	*	295	*	664	*	292	*	285
Nevada	469		396	*	1,184	*	1,036		648	*	522		307	*
New Mexico	612		560		1,128		745		958		556		603
Utah	539		528		628		628		661		436		709	*
Wyoming	349	*	343	*	385	*	272	*	64	*	509	*	274	*

Pacific:
Alaska	541		549		.		12	*	273	*	663		498	*
California	414		400		546		410	*	512		373		492
Hawaii	316		322		536	*	91	*	237	*	296		416
Oregon	407		387	*	701		621	*	757	*	355	*	413
Washington	452		396		320	*	1,298		796	*	326	*	518	*

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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 no reported values in cell.
** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.

Table VII.C.2.a(2003) Standard error for average total employee contribution (in dollars) for exclusive-provider plans per enrolled employee for single coverage at private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2003

			Percent Full-Time Employees						Percent Low-Wage Employees **
Division and State	Total		75% or more		50-74%		Less than 50%		50% or more		Less than 50%		Unknown

United States	18.99		19.85		49.30		51.92		59.66		26.88		21.44

New England:
Connecticut	50.91		73.51		256.28		359.66	*	209.20		66.39		101.74
Maine	85.68		95.98		240.70		266.41		159.61		104.99		126.16
Massachusetts	63.37		94.85		107.06		189.95		541.66	*	79.33		78.89
New Hampshire	80.22		99.81		201.62		186.96		219.70		124.19		103.53
Rhode Island	124.83		98.13		366.17		222.36	*	242.37		203.05		71.22
Vermont	65.22		93.11		302.35	*	400.97	*	376.01	*	93.89		178.68	*

Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey	101.31		159.40		205.03	*	84.99	*	298.04		135.50		94.16
New York	54.61		55.36		140.11		293.97		214.25		53.91		98.36
Pennsylvania	105.21		146.65		336.88	*	222.38	*	179.43		183.27		75.13

East North Central:
Illinois	311.39	*	317.19	*	151.35		209.85		352.79	*	332.95	*	88.42
Indiana	56.94		44.18		191.37	*	735.22	*	279.52		119.72		120.24
Michigan	126.67		84.20		171.87	*	322.84	*	271.39		93.41		102.87
Ohio	70.58		111.80		147.82		199.02		154.99		143.74	*	129.35
Wisconsin	61.38		90.88		100.31		217.85		209.92	*	93.43		77.68

West North Central:
Iowa	114.44		109.45		152.04		381.50	*	171.33		130.91		138.67
Kansas	101.24		99.13		147.91		340.62	*	327.59	*	133.88		221.21
Minnesota	164.60	*	151.62	*	312.26	*	162.48		266.94		132.75		209.00	*
Missouri	95.29		83.01		204.98		285.92	*	276.49	*	94.88		185.04
Nebraska	216.29		300.74	*	351.63	*	173.41	*	323.28	*	443.97	*	176.77
North Dakota	126.54		120.84		263.02		231.84		225.56		151.11		101.64	*
South Dakota	219.73		272.07		308.50	*	277.96	*	451.98		214.84		276.09

South Atlantic:
Delaware	81.58		109.13		292.38	*	195.57	*	272.94	*	105.67		124.67
District of Columbia	87.77		92.97		242.53		237.25		303.66	*	99.75		94.84
Florida	66.63		76.15		177.86		226.77		491.47	*	67.52		81.92
Georgia	35.94		62.92		264.10		222.00	*	201.09		102.51		131.65
Maryland	121.48		132.63		421.04	*	289.56		192.86		136.23		82.22
North Carolina	75.91		100.16		253.31	*	140.54	*	246.41	*	99.23		115.39
South Carolina	104.53		95.44		121.21		476.56	*	155.33		212.22		113.27
Virginia	71.76		66.33		185.58		274.92	*	267.81	*	63.19		124.75
West Virginia	238.88	*	245.00	*	119.55		253.02		136.74		405.37	*	145.03

East South Central:
Alabama	131.52		161.11	*	180.81		214.26	*	161.97	*	129.63		240.63
Kentucky	129.24		158.43		231.74		230.72	*	118.52		209.66		149.14
Mississippi	165.29	*	203.92	*	143.68	*	.		132.03	*	172.40	*	194.22	*
Tennessee	87.09		103.83		174.53	*	136.48	*	147.61		174.59		131.69

West South Central:
Arkansas	118.67		123.61		127.27	*	93.34	*	217.59		190.05		146.63
Louisiana	97.04		88.06		107.14	*	257.70		132.78		129.49		79.07
Oklahoma	112.91		121.49		269.78	*	311.59	*	307.53	*	141.90		240.73
Texas	56.53		74.23		239.39		158.31		183.15		74.33		37.07

Mountain:
Arizona	45.31		43.25		118.63	*	232.30	*	212.07	*	65.27		85.35
Colorado	76.05		77.47		124.87		312.56	*	190.13	*	74.42		88.15
Idaho	166.61		115.42		335.40		352.36		575.43		73.36	*	147.88
Montana	149.87	*	183.57	*	121.49	*	130.52	*	242.23	*	111.77	*	79.92
Nevada	98.96		155.31	*	363.96	*	229.83		234.28	*	153.79		116.90	*
New Mexico	81.44		73.69		282.87		185.56		229.69		117.38		116.98
Utah	39.26		41.47		186.11		178.86		153.64		69.08		277.44	*
Wyoming	119.98	*	131.86	*	467.44	*	133.17	*	125.03	*	162.43	*	167.47	*

Pacific:
Alaska	147.76		147.26		.		3.79	*	86.94	*	191.12		154.91	*
California	35.64		36.64		110.97		163.73	*	96.23		37.38		71.24
Hawaii	48.60		65.60		167.76	*	52.32	*	86.39	*	54.79		85.34
Oregon	111.59		118.13	*	195.28		186.82	*	291.53	*	122.40	*	81.92
Washington	102.71		87.72		219.86	*	388.67		296.27	*	110.91	*	156.64	*

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2003 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 no reported values in cell.
** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.