Table I.A.2.f(2013) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2013
Characteristics Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees 100-999 employees 1000 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 73.8%    52.0%    80.7%    85.8%    90.7%    83.7%    62.7%    86.1%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 45.0%    32.0% * 64.3%    82.6%    83.9%    72.6%    37.6%    87.2%   
Mining and manufacturing 79.0%    61.6%    87.3%    92.2%    94.2%    69.7%    75.3%    84.6%   
Construction 71.9%    62.4%    82.2%    85.5%    91.2%    74.5%    69.7%    85.5%   
Utilities and transp. 67.7%    57.5%    89.1%    85.0%    90.7%    54.1%    68.6%    67.0%   
Wholesale trade 72.3%    47.7%    89.1%    91.5%    92.1%    74.6%    64.7%    82.7%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 76.4%    52.2%    80.2%    88.3%    90.1%    83.3%    60.9%    85.4%   
Retail trade 83.6%    48.4%    86.1%    94.3%    97.0%    92.2%    63.7%    93.2%   
Professional services 69.7%    54.6%    80.7%    82.1%    87.1%    73.7%    63.5%    80.0%   
Other services 71.3%    45.8%    70.3%    80.0%    90.4%    90.0%    55.9%    89.4%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 75.5%    52.9%    82.6%    88.1%    92.8%    83.7%    64.5%    86.4%   
For profit, unincorporated 70.6%    53.4%    85.1%    86.4%    89.1%    83.0%    61.8%    85.8%   
Nonprofit 66.8%    40.0%    61.3%    74.2%    85.2%    84.6%    50.9%    84.0%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 61.8%    54.4%    82.7%    71.5%    82.9%    95.4%    60.1%    83.4%   
5-9 years 64.2%    53.3%    76.0%    83.0%    90.9%    89.8%    60.7%    88.0%   
10-19 years 66.3%    48.4%    80.4%    86.6%    92.7%    82.2%    59.9%    88.8%   
20 or more years 78.9%    52.6%    81.7%    87.5%    90.7%    83.7%    66.1%    85.8%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 86.1%    74.3%    86.4%    89.9%    91.5%    83.7%    84.5%    86.2%   
1 location only 62.6%    51.5%    79.9%    82.9%    84.8%    84.7%    60.8%    84.9%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 70.0%    24.8%    60.8%    79.2%    91.4%    93.5%    39.4%    92.2%   
25-49 % 74.0%    38.8%    63.5%    86.9%    91.3%    87.6%    53.0%    88.7%   
50-74 % 77.7%    48.6%    85.6%    86.9%    93.0%    92.7%    61.2%    92.5%   
75% or more 73.2%    55.3%    82.4%    86.1%    90.1%    78.7%    65.3%    83.2%   
Union presence
No union employees 72.8%    52.0%    81.1%    86.5%    90.8%    87.1%    62.8%    88.7%   
Has union employees 76.1%    52.9%    68.8%    75.7%    89.8%    78.6%    59.0%    80.0%   
Unknown 80.6%    38.6% * 84.9%    85.4%    90.5%    80.9%    60.6%    81.5%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 77.3%    34.7%    77.0%    88.5%    94.3%    90.1%    51.5%    91.2%   
Less than 50% low wage 72.6%    55.5%    81.3%    85.1%    88.9%    79.7%    65.0%    83.3%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.

 

Table I.A.2.f(2013) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by firm size and selected characteristics: United States, 2013
Characteristics Total Less than 10 employees 10-24 employees 25-99 employees 100-999 employees 1000 or more employees Less than 50 employees 50 or more employees
United States 0.39%    1.06%    0.83%    0.84%    0.57%    0.85%    0.64%    0.56%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 8.68%    11.55% * 13.95%    6.22%    8.40%    11.20%    8.99%    6.02%   
Mining and manufacturing 2.05%    5.99%    2.78%    2.26%    1.34%    3.83%    3.07%    1.84%   
Construction 2.23%    2.66%    3.60%    2.58%    3.88%    5.68%    2.28%    3.95%   
Utilities and transp. 2.51%    10.33%    6.13%    5.71%    2.99%    4.95%    3.56%    4.30%   
Wholesale trade 1.28%    2.80%    4.58%    3.24%    1.66%    1.85%    2.64%    1.05%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.45%    4.09%    6.06%    2.93%    1.78%    1.93%    3.01%    1.55%   
Retail trade 1.01%    2.07%    2.48%    1.41%    1.21%    1.44%    1.59%    1.18%   
Professional services 0.96%    1.91%    1.41%    0.92%    0.96%    2.14%    1.31%    1.39%   
Other services 1.16%    1.28%    2.55%    2.60%    1.66%    1.14%    1.39%    0.89%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.64%    1.64%    1.24%    1.31%    0.67%    1.01%    1.12%    0.66%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.31%    2.29%    2.85%    1.55%    1.62%    2.03%    2.13%    1.33%   
Nonprofit 2.02%    4.17%    7.64%    1.62%    0.91%    3.62%    3.19%    0.94%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 1.70%    2.53%    3.91%    2.87%    5.45%    9.94%    1.96%    4.16%   
5-9 years 1.75%    2.35%    4.37%    2.18%    3.40%    3.88%    1.80%    2.28%   
10-19 years 1.62%    3.08%    1.80%    1.19%    1.63%    3.55%    1.96%    1.29%   
20 or more years 0.43%    1.34%    1.12%    0.89%    0.57%    0.87%    0.45%    0.64%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.53%    11.46%    2.70%    1.39%    0.56%    0.85%    1.54%    0.60%   
1 location only 0.71%    1.20%    1.04%    1.07%    1.13%    2.85%    0.76%    0.72%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 1.19%    4.63%    5.03%    4.56%    2.93%    2.04%    3.26%    1.39%   
25-49 % 2.11%    3.60%    5.21%    2.54%    1.97%    3.05%    2.48%    2.13%   
50-74 % 1.37%    2.56%    2.74%    2.59%    1.70%    1.45%    2.10%    1.27%   
75% or more 0.56%    1.59%    1.12%    0.92%    0.54%    1.22%    0.90%    0.69%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.38%    1.07%    0.91%    1.05%    0.56%    0.94%    0.68%    0.50%   
Has union employees 2.50%    9.23%    8.23%    4.87%    3.31%    2.68%    3.52%    2.52%   
Unknown 1.55%    14.27% * 17.75%    13.97%    2.95%    1.34%    10.46%    1.30%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 0.91%    2.84%    2.31%    1.23%    1.03%    0.94%    1.83%    0.62%   
Less than 50% low wage 0.66%    1.40%    0.98%    0.94%    0.68%    1.10%    0.97%    0.67%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

** Definitions of industry groups and low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix.