Health Insurance
» Health Insurance, Volume 3, Issue 4, 2003
If the respondent's business does NOT offer employee health insurance.
Please tell me if the following is a major reason, minor reason, or not a reason why your business does NOT offer health insurance to your employees.
13A. (reason NOT to offer) Employees prefer wages and/or other benefits.
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Major Reason | 39 | ||
| 2 | Minor Reason | 22 | ||
| 3 | Not a Reason | 36 | ||
| 4 | DK/Refuse | 3 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 312 | |||
Notes: Thirty-nine (39) percent of the small employers who do not offer employee health insurance say a major reason for their decision is that employees prefer wages to insurance coverage (Q#13A).
