Table 1.

Comparison of the characteristics of all eligible businesses with those of participating businesses

	Distribution of All Businesses Eligible to Participate (n=328) n, %	Distribution of all participating businesses (n=47) n, %	p*
Company Size (number of employees)
Smaller (20-49 employees)	182 (55%)	20 (43%)
Larger (50-150 employees)	146 (45%)	27 (57%)	0.054
County (Minnesota)
Carver	33 (10%)	2 (4%)
Hennepin	173 (53%)	24 (51%)
Ramsey	86 (26%)	14 (30%)
Scott	25 (8%)	0 (0%)
Steele	11 (3%)	7 (15%)	<0.001
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2-digit code
NAICS 31: Food, beverage, tobacco,  textiles, apparel and leather  manufacturing	13 (4%)	1 (2%)
NAICS 32: Wood products, paper, printing,  petroleum and coal products, chemicals,  pharmaceuticals, paint and other coatings,  plastics and rubber products, glass,  cement, nonmetal mineral products  manufacturing	93 (28%)	18 (38%)
NAICS 33: Metal products, machinery,  computer and electronic products,  electrical equipment, transportation  equipment, furniture and related products  manufacturing	222 (68%)	28 (60%)	0.233

^*Differences between companies that participated and eligible non-participants.