Table I.A.2.f 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, 2016
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 74.9%    51.7%    77.7%    87.2%    91.4%    82.4%    63.2%    85.5%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 56.0%    35.8% * --    89.0%    99.1%    95.9%    48.2%    89.5%   
Mining and manufacturing 79.2%    61.1%    87.6%    93.1%    92.0%    66.3%    76.7%    82.4%   
Construction 75.2%    58.1%    92.6%    89.6%    95.8%    81.2%    72.3%    90.7%   
Utilities and transp. 69.5%    56.3%    87.2%    87.0%    84.0%    64.3%    68.6%    70.2%   
Wholesale trade 75.4%    55.1%    81.3%    91.2%    90.1%    73.4%    70.2%    80.7%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 77.0%    50.6%    61.2%    89.9%    90.7%    84.3%    56.7%    86.3%   
Retail trade 85.9%    53.3%    82.6%    95.6%    96.8%    93.4%    67.1%    94.1%   
Professional services 68.8%    50.4%    75.9%    83.1%    88.2%    72.8%    60.5%    79.6%   
Other services 72.3%    48.4%    71.1%    82.0%    93.3%    81.5%    58.6%    85.6%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 76.6%    53.6%    81.4%    90.0%    91.6%    82.2%    66.0%    85.1%   
For profit, unincorporated 74.0%    53.6%    80.5%    88.3%    93.6%    87.1%    64.0%    89.8%   
Nonprofit 64.2%    35.6%    49.2%    73.7%    89.1%    77.8%    44.4%    83.4%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 61.2%    48.8%    81.9%    83.7%    85.7%    91.9%    57.1%    88.5%   
5-9 years 69.0%    55.3%    74.3%    90.3%    87.5%    88.7%    64.3%    89.3%   
10-19 years 70.0%    52.3%    78.4%    89.3%    90.4%    88.0%    62.9%    89.7%   
20 or more years 78.2%    51.0%    77.5%    86.2%    92.1%    82.1%    64.7%    84.9%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 85.4%    85.2%    80.3%    89.1%    92.5%    82.4%    83.8%    85.5%   
1 location only 63.8%    51.3%    77.3%    85.9%    83.9%    77.2%    61.5%    85.4%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 73.7%    30.7%    69.2%    78.0%    94.0%    93.7%    46.5%    92.0%   
25-49 % 79.0%    34.8%    56.5%    84.3%    96.5%    89.3%    52.0%    91.5%   
50-74 % 76.5%    49.4%    68.2%    89.2%    92.4%    95.1%    58.3%    93.9%   
75% or more 74.2%    54.4%    81.7%    88.0%    90.2%    77.4%    66.0%    82.3%   
Union presence
No union employees 74.4%    51.6%    78.0%    87.4%    91.6%    82.9%    63.2%    86.3%   
Has union employees 78.3%    53.7%    72.1%    82.1%    88.4%    81.0%    62.5%    81.7%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 81.0%    35.3%    71.0%    86.4%    95.4%    91.2%    53.7%    92.1%   
Less than 50% low-wage 73.3%    53.8%    78.5%    87.4%    89.7%    79.0%    64.5%    82.9%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

** 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 Standard errors 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, 2016
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 0.64%    1.69%    1.38%    0.78%    0.66%    0.81%    1.13%    0.55%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 7.72%    11.45% * --    9.50%    0.92%    3.00%    8.87%    8.03%   
Mining and manufacturing 2.74%    8.36%    3.64%    1.87%    1.67%    3.55%    4.57%    1.83%   
Construction 3.10%    5.48%    2.35%    2.61%    1.68%    5.39%    3.59%    2.05%   
Utilities and transp. 3.32%    9.95%    5.86%    4.05%    7.04%    3.75%    6.42%    3.11%   
Wholesale trade 2.30%    6.85%    4.24%    2.97%    2.48%    3.56%    3.86%    2.33%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.64%    5.19%    6.14%    2.08%    1.90%    1.68%    3.90%    1.26%   
Retail trade 1.40%    5.61%    3.63%    1.64%    1.09%    0.98%    3.68%    0.80%   
Professional services 1.30%    2.83%    2.52%    1.65%    1.35%    2.23%    1.99%    1.33%   
Other services 1.49%    3.78%    3.39%    1.86%    1.10%    2.07%    2.53%    1.31%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.75%    2.11%    1.55%    0.86%    0.85%    0.90%    1.39%    0.66%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.65%    3.43%    3.06%    1.87%    1.09%    1.89%    2.44%    1.09%   
Nonprofit 1.93%    4.82%    4.90%    2.60%    1.60%    2.56%    3.21%    1.31%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 3.28%    4.70%    4.58%    3.58%    4.16%    5.45%    3.67%    2.98%   
5-9 years 2.53%    4.34%    4.17%    1.86%    3.52%    4.15%    3.00%    2.10%   
10-19 years 1.76%    3.18%    2.63%    1.52%    1.58%    2.47%    2.25%    1.14%   
20 or more years 0.70%    2.58%    1.88%    1.04%    0.74%    0.84%    1.59%    0.62%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.56%    7.64%    3.35%    1.29%    0.71%    0.81%    1.88%    0.59%   
1 location only 1.10%    1.70%    1.49%    0.98%    1.72%    5.00%    1.20%    1.18%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.66%    7.56%    6.51%    4.09%    1.87%    2.36%    5.14%    1.57%   
25-49 % 1.81%    6.71%    6.01%    2.72%    1.09%    1.79%    4.01%    1.24%   
50-74 % 1.77%    4.25%    4.53%    1.91%    1.80%    0.92%    3.06%    0.80%   
75% or more 0.78%    1.97%    1.46%    0.90%    0.84%    1.09%    1.32%    0.73%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.69%    1.73%    1.41%    0.80%    0.68%    0.89%    1.16%    0.57%   
Has union employees 1.72%    8.63%    6.67%    3.88%    2.75%    1.78%    5.60%    1.61%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.39%    4.98%    4.25%    1.79%    0.80%    1.12%    3.41%    0.77%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.73%    1.78%    1.45%    0.87%    0.87%    1.02%    1.19%    0.69%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2016 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.

-- Data suppressed due to high standard errors or few reported values in cell.

** 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.