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Standard Errors
Unmarried domestic partner benefits: Access

Table 44. Standard errors for unmarried domestic partner benefits: Access1,
private industry workers,  National Compensation Survey, March 2015

Characteristics

Defined benefit
retirement survivor
benefits

Health care benefits

Same sex

Opposite
sex

Same sex

Opposite
sex

All workers

0.4

0.4

0.7

0.6

Worker characteristics

        

Management, professional, and related

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.3

    Management, business, and financial

1.6

1.6

1.7

1.6

    Professional and related

1.1

1.1

1.4

1.5

Service

0.6

0.6

1.4

1.3

    Protective service

1.4

1.6

4.3

3.8

Sales and office

0.5

0.5

0.9

0.8

    Sales and related

0.5

0.6

1.2

1.2

    Office and administrative support

0.7

0.7

1.3

1.1

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

1.1

1.3

1.6

1.5

    Construction, extraction, farming, fishing, and
     forestry

1.4

2.0

2.0

2.1

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

1.5

1.4

2.3

2.2

Production, transportation, and material moving

0.9

0.8

1.3

1.1

    Production

1.3

1.1

1.6

1.4

    Transportation and material moving

1.1

1.1

1.8

1.6

Full time

0.5

0.5

0.8

0.7

Part time

0.4

0.4

0.9

0.8

Union

1.7

1.6

2.1

2.3

Nonunion

0.4

0.4

0.7

0.6

Average wage within the following categories:2

        

    Lowest 25 percent

0.4

0.4

0.8

0.8

        Lowest 10 percent

0.5

0.5

0.9

0.8

    Second 25 percent

0.6

0.6

1.1

1.1

    Third 25 percent

0.7

0.7

1.1

1.1

    Highest 25 percent

1.0

1.0

1.3

1.2

        Highest 10 percent

1.6

1.6

1.8

1.8

Establishment characteristics

        

Goods-producing industries

0.9

0.8

1.3

1.3

    Construction

1.4

1.7

1.7

1.5

    Manufacturing

1.1

0.9

1.7

1.6

Service-providing industries

0.5

0.5

0.8

0.7

    Trade, transportation, and utilities

0.7

0.8

1.0

1.0

        Wholesale trade

1.1

1.0

2.2

2.0

        Retail trade

0.8

0.9

1.2

1.3

        Transportation and warehousing

2.2

2.3

3.3

3.0

        Utilities

4.1

4.6

4.0

4.2

    Information

4.0

3.8

2.5

3.1

    Financial activities

1.4

1.4

1.6

1.5

        Finance and insurance

1.7

1.7

1.3

1.2

            Credit intermediation and related activities

2.3

2.3

1.9

1.8

            Insurance carriers and related activities

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.3

        Real estate and rental and leasing

1.3

1.4

4.0

3.9

    Professional and business services

1.4

1.5

2.2

2.0

        Professional and technical services

2.2

2.3

3.4

3.3

        Administrative and waste services

1.4

1.5

3.6

3.6

    Education and health services

1.5

1.5

1.9

1.9

        Educational services

1.3

1.2

2.7

2.6

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

1.4

1.3

2.2

2.1

        Health care and social assistance

1.8

1.8

2.2

2.2

    Leisure and hospitality

0.5

0.6

2.0

1.7

        Accommodation and food services

0.4

0.4

2.3

1.9

    Other services

1.4

1.4

2.4

1.8

1 to 99 workers

0.4

0.4

0.9

0.8

    1 to 49 workers

0.5

0.5

0.9

0.9

    50 to 99 workers

0.8

0.9

1.8

1.8

100 workers or more

0.7

0.7

1.0

0.9

    100 to 499 workers

1.1

1.1

1.3

1.3

    500 workers or more

1.1

1.1

1.6

1.4

Geographic areas

        

Northeast

1.0

1.0

1.5

1.0

    New England

1.7

1.7

2.1

2.3

    Middle Atlantic

1.2

1.1

1.8

1.4

South

0.6

0.7

1.1

1.1

    South Atlantic

0.9

0.9

1.5

1.6

    East South Central

1.1

1.1

2.9

2.5

    West South Central

1.1

1.3

1.9

1.7

Midwest

0.6

0.6

1.3

1.2

    East North Central

0.4

0.4

1.6

1.1

    West North Central

1.8

1.6

2.5

2.6

West

1.2

1.2

1.8

1.5

    Mountain

1.2

1.2

2.6

2.7

    Pacific

1.6

1.6

2.4

1.7

1The percentage of workers with access to the benefit reflects both the availability of the benefit and the
employer’s policy on providing the benefit to unmarried domestic partners. For more information, see the Unmarried
Domestic Partners Benefit Fact Sheet at:www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs_domestic2012.pdf.

2Surveyed 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 wage data for March 2015.


Note: For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit Terms"
at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20142015.htm.