Personal Benefits by Employment Status

Of the 706 respondents to the survey cited above, 86% of those employed full-time and 28% of those employed part-time received health insurance benefits.

Results from a survey of Franklin County businesses conducted by the Columbus AIDS Advisory Coalition provide further data about the link between part-time employment and a lack of medical benefits. Of the 285 establishments that participated, 59% employed part-time workers. The greatest percentage of part-time workers were employed in the trade and services sectors of the economy. Of those businesses employing part-time workers, 89% did not provide medical benefits to those workers.

Personal Benefits by Employment Status

               Health     Sick   Paid      Tuition
Category       Insurance  Leave  Vacation  Aid      Pension


Overall         72%       70%    72%       46%      59%

Employment
  Full-Time     86%       82%    84%       57%      70%
  Part-Time     28%       32%    37%       14%      26%

Occupation
  Admin/Supv    92%       88%    92%       64%      68%
  Prof/Tech     75%       77%    70%       59%      73%
  Sales         52%       50%    56%       21%      35%
  Clerical      74%       74%    82%       49%      61%
  Manual        64%       46%    73%       20%      27%

Personal Contribution
  >$20,000      90%       86%    83%       69%      80%
  <=$20,000     62%       62%    68%       36%      48%

Union Member
  No            68%       65%    72%       44%      54%
  Yes           94%       94%    73%       60%      87%

Source: 1988 Needs Assessment and Survey of Columbus Area Women, Susan L. Josephs, Mary Margaret Fonow and Virginia A. Wemmerus. The survey was sponsored by the Columbus Women's Round Table and The Columbus Foundation.

Filename: PS-001

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