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Standard Errors
Quality of life benefits: Access

Table 40. Standard errors for quality of life benefits: Access, civilian workers,1 National
Compensation Survey, March 2013

Characteristics

Childcare2

Flexible
workplace

Subsidized
commuting

Wellness
programs

Employee
assistance
programs

All workers

0.4

0.3

0.4

0.6

0.7

Worker characteristics

          

Management, professional, and related

0.8

0.8

0.7

1.0

1.1

    Management, business, and financial

1.4

1.7

1.2

1.4

1.5

    Professional and related

0.9

0.8

0.8

1.3

1.3

        Teachers

1.2

0.7

0.8

1.9

1.7

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

1.4

0.3

0.7

2.0

1.9

        Registered nurses

2.3

2.3

1.3

3.3

3.0

Service

1.0

0.3

0.5

1.1

1.2

    Protective service

1.5

0.7

1.4

2.9

3.3

Sales and office

0.5

0.3

0.5

0.9

1.0

    Sales and related

0.5

0.4

0.6

1.5

1.5

    Office and administrative support

0.7

0.5

0.7

1.1

1.2

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

0.7

0.5

0.3

1.5

1.7

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

0.6

0.7

0.7

1.8

2.2

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

1.2

0.8

0.5

2.2

2.3

Production, transportation, and material moving

0.5

0.4

0.4

1.1

1.6

    Production

0.9

0.5

0.6

1.7

2.1

    Transportation and material moving

0.5

0.3

0.4

1.3

2.0

Full time

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.7

Part time

0.7

0.2

0.4

1.0

1.2

Union

0.9

0.4

0.6

1.2

1.1

Nonunion

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.8

Average wage within the following categories:3

          

    Lowest 25 percent

0.7

0.2

0.3

0.9

1.1

        Lowest 10 percent

1.2

–

0.4

1.2

1.4

    Second 25 percent

0.5

0.4

0.5

1.0

1.1

    Third 25 percent

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.9

1.0

    Highest 25 percent

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.9

1.1

        Highest 10 percent

0.9

1.1

0.9

1.1

1.3

Establishment characteristics

          

Goods-producing industries

0.8

0.6

0.4

1.4

1.5

Service-providing industries

0.5

0.4

0.5

0.7

0.7

    Education and health services

1.0

0.6

0.7

1.6

1.6

        Educational services

1.4

1.1

1.1

1.7

1.6

            Elementary and secondary schools

1.0

0.4

0.4

1.7

1.8

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

4.4

–

3.1

3.9

3.8

        Healthcare and social assistance

1.4

0.7

0.7

2.4

2.3

            Hospitals

2.1

1.3

1.9

2.5

2.0

    Public administration

2.1

1.8

1.3

2.3

2.3

1 to 99 workers

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.7

0.9

    1 to 49 workers

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.8

1.0

    50 to 99 workers

0.8

0.8

0.6

1.7

1.9

100 workers or more

0.7

0.5

0.7

0.9

0.8

    100 to 499 workers

0.8

0.6

0.6

1.3

1.5

    500 workers or more

1.1

0.8

1.1

1.2

1.1

Geographic areas

          

New England

0.8

1.2

1.6

1.9

2.0

Middle Atlantic

0.8

0.8

1.9

1.5

2.1

East North Central

1.1

0.9

0.7

1.5

1.5

West North Central

2.0

0.9

2.0

2.2

2.6

South Atlantic

1.3

1.1

0.3

1.6

2.2

East South Central

2.8

2.3

0.8

4.0

3.7

West South Central

1.3

1.0

0.3

1.2

1.4

Mountain

1.6

0.7

1.6

3.7

2.3

Pacific

0.9

0.6

0.8

1.3

1.6

1Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households, and workers in the public sector, except
the federal government. See Technical Note for further explanation.

2A workplace program that provides for either the full or partial cost of caring for an employee's children in a nursery, day care
center, or a baby sitter in facilities either on or off the employer's premises.

3Surveyed occupations are classified into wage categories based on the average wage for the occupation, which may include
workers with earnings both above and below the threshold.  The categories were formed using percentile estimates generated using
data from the National Compensation Survey publication, "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation - March 2013."


NOTE: Dash indicates no workers in this category or data did not meet publication criteria. For definitions of major plans, key
provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20122013.htm.