Table 2. Employment Cost Index: 12-month percent changes in employer costs per hour worked and the standard error, health insurance in private industry, 1996-2002

Table 2. Employment Cost Index: 12-month percent changes in employer costs per hour worked and the standard error, health insurance in private industry, 1996-2002
Year	Percent changes and standard errors for 12 months ended--
	March		June		September		December
	Percent change	Standard error	Percent change	Standard error	Percent change	Standard error	Percent change	Standard error
1996	-0.3	0.4348	0.1	0.4079	0.7	0.4454	0.4	0.3223
1997	0.2	0.3547	0.7	0.4149	0.8	0.4064	0.9	0.4207
1998	2.2	0.6305	2.6	0.5738	2.2	0.9140	2.5	0.8003
1999	3.7	0.5245	4.0	0.6220	5.0	0.3935	5.8	0.4658
2000	7.6	0.4158	8.0	0.4165	8.5	0.4474	8.5	0.4289
2001	8.1	0.5214	8.6	0.5815	8.7	0.5793	9.2	0.6091
2002	10.5	0.5680	11.4	0.4729	11.2	0.5750	10.2	0.5319