| |
All Firms |
Number of Employees |
| |
Few Than 10 |
10 to 25 |
26 to 50 |
More Than 50 |
| Percentage of Employers Where No One Was Familiar
With the Parity Law |
45.8 |
40.5* |
46.3 |
55.5 |
51.8 |
| Level of Understanding Among Management (chi-sq = 10.63)a |
|
|
|
|
|
| Most of what they need to know |
39.7 |
42.1 |
31.4 |
33.1 |
56.3 |
| Some of what they need to know |
31.3 |
32.7 |
29.2 |
33.5 |
31.0 |
| Almost none of what they need to know |
29.0 |
25.2 |
39.4 |
33.4 |
12.7 |
| Percentage of Employers With No or Almost No Knowledge of
the Parity Lawa,b |
61.5 |
55.5 |
67.4 |
70.4 |
57.9 |
| Level of Understanding Among Employees (chi-sq = 9.26)a |
|
|
|
|
|
| Most of what they need to know |
33.4 |
41.6 |
26.8 |
26.0 |
35.0 |
| Some of what they need to know |
26.2 |
31.1 |
12.3 |
34.1 |
36.7 |
| Almost none of what they need to know |
40.5 |
27.3 |
60.9 |
39.9 |
28.3 |
| Source: |
Mathematica Policy Research Survey of Vermont Employers to Assess the
Impact of the Vermont Parity Act. |
| Note: |
The survey includes Vermont businesses that were in operation as of January
1, 1998 and that remained in operation as of the time of the survey (Fall
2000). The survey excluded those that had, on average, fewer than five employees
across establishments in calendar year 1999 and businesses operated by Federal
and State Government entitites. This table is limited to fully insured businesses
that were subject to the Vermont parity law. |
| a |
Among employers where someone had hears about the parity law. |
| b |
The percentage of employers with nor or almost no knowledge of the parity
law is a composite measure reflecting the percentage of employers where
no one was familiar with the parity law, plus the percentage with almost
no knowledge of the parity law. |
| * |
Significantly different from employers with more than 50 employees at
the .10 level, two-tailed test. |