Standard errors for table A. Health insurance benefits: Access, participation, and take-up rates,(1) National Compensation Survey, March 2008
(All workers=100 percent)
Characteristics Civilian(2) Private industry State and local government
Access Participation Take-up rate Access Participation Take-up rate Access Participation Take-up rate

All workers

 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.7
Worker characteristics

Management, professional, and related

 0.8 0.7 0.4 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.9 0.8

Management, business, and financial

 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.6 - - -

Professional and related

 1.0 0.8 0.5 1.4 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8

Teachers

 1.3 1.3 1.0 - - - 0.7 1.1 0.8

Primary, secondary, and special education school teachers

 2.0 1.5 1.2 - - - 0.5 1.0 0.9

Registered nurses

 3.2 3.0 1.2 - - - 1.8 3.4 2.9

Protective service

 - - - - - - 1.1 1.3 1.0

Service

 2.0 2.3 1.9 2.6 2.9 2.9 1.2 1.3 0.8

Sales and office

 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.4 1.7 0.9

Sales and related

 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 - - -

Office and administrative support

 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.3 1.6 0.8

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

 1.4 1.5 0.9 1.5 1.6 0.9 1.8 2.6 1.9

Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and forestry

 2.1 2.0 1.3 2.2 2.1 1.3 - - -

Installation, maintenance, and repair

 1.7 1.7 1.0 1.8 1.8 1.0 - - -

Production, transportation, and material moving

 1.2 1.1 0.8 1.3 1.2 0.8 4.1 3.9 1.3

Production

 1.7 1.5 0.8 1.7 1.5 0.8 - - -

Transportation and material moving

 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.9 1.7 1.4 - - -

Full time

 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.7 0.7

Part time

 1.0 0.8 1.9 1.1 0.8 2.1 2.0 1.4 2.9

Union

 0.9 1.0 0.5 1.6 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.5

Nonunion

 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.4 1.3
Establishment characteristics

Goods-producing industries

 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.7 6.7 6.5 0.6

Service-providing industries

 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.7

Education and health services

 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.9 1.6 1.3 0.5 0.9 1.0

Educational services

 0.8 1.0 0.8 3.0 3.1 1.9 0.6 0.9 0.9

Elementary and secondary schools

 0.6 0.9 0.8 3.2 3.9 4.3 0.5 0.8 0.8

Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

 1.1 1.8 1.8 1.2 1.8 1.6 1.4 2.7 2.5

Health care and social assistance

 1.9 1.8 1.4 2.1 1.9 1.5 1.5 2.3 2.2

Hospitals

 1.1 1.3 0.8 1.3 1.4 0.8 1.2 2.5 2.8

Public administration

 1.1 1.3 0.7 - - - 1.1 1.3 0.7

1 to 99 workers

 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 2.5 2.6 1.6

1 to 49 workers

 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 3.6 3.7 2.3

50 to 99 workers

 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.6 1.5 1.2 2.0 2.6 2.2

100 workers or more

 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7

100 to 499 workers

 1.0 1.0 0.6 1.2 1.2 0.7 1.1 1.2 0.7

500 workers or more

 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.9
Geographic areas

New England

 0.9 2.2 2.5 1.0 2.5 3.0 2.3 2.5 1.7

Middle Atlantic

 1.8 1.4 1.1 2.0 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.8 0.3

East North Central

 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.6 1.7 1.1

West North Central

 1.4 2.0 1.4 1.5 2.1 1.5 2.3 2.8 3.1

South Atlantic

 1.3 1.4 0.8 1.4 1.6 1.0 1.5 1.6 1.4

East South Central

 5.2 5.4 3.0 6.6 7.0 3.7 2.3 6.1 6.5

West South Central

 1.9 2.0 1.2 2.2 2.2 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.4

Mountain

 3.8 4.5 2.2 4.1 4.7 2.5 1.8 1.9 1.0

Pacific

 1.2 1.4 0.9 1.5 1.6 1.1 0.9 1.2 0.7

Footnotes:
(1) The take-up rate is an estimate of the percentage of workers with access to a plan who participate in the plan, rounded for presentation.
(2) Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except the federal government.

Note: Dashes indicate that data are not available.