Table VII.B.2(1999) Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

 

Percent Full-Time Employees

Percent Low-Wage Employees

Division and State

Total

75% or more

50-74%

less than 50%

50% or more

less than 50%

Unknown

United States

89.1%

92.6%

85.2%

73.5%

63.1%

87.9%

97.2%

New England:

Maine

84.5%

91.1%

86.1%

53.3%

43.1%

82.7%

99.3%

Massachusetts

92.0%

95.4%

90.3%

73.0%

75.0%

90.3%

96.8%

Connecticut

91.6%

96.9%

77.3%

72.2%

41.3%

*

92.1%

96.7%

Rhode Island

90.8%

94.4%

89.4%

74.4%

72.0%

90.6%

96.5%

Vermont

87.4%

92.6%

90.3%

62.7%

50.2%

88.1%

97.1%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

89.7%

92.8%

86.7%

76.6%

72.3%

90.0%

93.9%

New Jersey

90.5%

94.2%

90.5%

65.2%

45.9%

90.0%

96.7%

Pennsylvania

91.7%

96.0%

93.5%

69.0%

66.7%

91.9%

97.0%

East North Central:

Ohio

91.2%

96.1%

84.9%

75.2%

57.5%

90.7%

97.2%

Indiana

87.9%

92.1%

83.6%

68.7%

53.3%

88.0%

95.9%

Illinois

91.8%

94.8%

89.1%

71.6%

63.9%

90.8%

98.2%

Michigan

90.1%

93.1%

79.7%

83.6%

64.0%

89.0%

98.0%

Wisconsin

91.3%

95.7%

89.9%

77.6%

57.0%

91.7%

98.5%

West North Central:

Minnesota

89.5%

94.4%

80.2%

78.3%

57.0%

88.6%

97.9%

Iowa

87.0%

92.0%

86.7%

68.7%

61.9%

85.5%

96.8%

Missouri

88.6%

92.6%

78.9%

70.3%

62.8%

88.2%

97.9%

Nebraska

86.9%

92.1%

87.8%

66.6%

59.6%

84.5%

96.6%

Kansas

88.9%

92.9%

79.4%

80.2%

64.6%

89.4%

96.9%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

91.9%

95.6%

87.8%

79.2%

79.9%

89.4%

98.7%

Virginia

91.0%

93.5%

86.9%

79.6%

74.9%

89.5%

97.7%

North Carolina

89.7%

92.1%

80.5%

84.5%

74.1%

87.9%

96.0%

South Carolina

89.9%

92.0%

81.8%

80.2%

71.1%

88.4%

96.6%

Georgia

89.9%

93.1%

85.6%

66.3%

71.4%

86.7%

98.0%

Florida

89.5%

91.3%

85.4%

82.4%

79.0%

87.3%

96.2%

East South Central:

Kentucky

88.8%

92.4%

83.3%

79.3%

45.3%

90.9%

96.8%

Tennessee

87.7%

89.1%

82.2%

82.9%

56.9%

85.2%

97.9%

Alabama

90.0%

94.2%

83.7%

69.7%

61.6%

89.9%

98.7%

Mississippi

84.8%

88.1%

86.1%

64.7%

48.7%

86.1%

95.8%

West South Central:

Arkansas

83.7%

87.7%

80.6%

57.0%

55.9%

82.7%

95.8%

Louisiana

85.2%

88.3%

72.4%

78.7%

48.3%

83.6%

96.8%

Oklahoma

84.6%

88.3%

79.8%

68.2%

59.4%

84.5%

96.2%

Texas

87.1%

89.3%

81.6%

77.9%

59.9%

83.2%

98.2%

Mountain:

Colorado

89.1%

92.5%

87.3%

72.8%

68.1%

88.0%

97.7%

Arizona

89.7%

92.2%

81.7%

71.5%

66.6%

87.3%

98.4%

Nevada

92.8%

95.4%

78.1%

79.2%

52.9%

93.5%

96.4%

Montana

75.9%

85.0%

64.0%

61.2%

43.6%

79.3%

89.2%

Pacific:

Washington

87.8%

92.6%

87.6%

52.9%

71.0%

83.7%

97.9%

Oregon

87.2%

91.9%

87.0%

64.0%

85.8%

83.8%

96.1%

California

87.0%

90.6%

83.5%

67.1%

56.3%

85.4%

97.2%

Hawaii

98.5%

99.5%

99.3%

91.3%

92.5%

98.5%

99.8%

States not shown separately

86.2%

91.1%

81.5%

63.0%

56.3%

84.4%

97.3%

 

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 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.

 

 

Table VII.B.2(1999) Standard error for percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

 

Percent Full-Time Employees

Percent Low-Wage Employees

Division and State

Total

75% or more

50-74%

less than 50%

50% or more

less than 50%

Unknown

United States

0.30%

0.22%

0.62%

0.84%

1.25%

0.36%

0.26%

New England:

Maine

1.65%

1.08%

3.77%

6.27%

9.54%

1.53%

0.39%

Massachusetts

0.70%

0.69%

2.18%

3.93%

9.00%

0.94%

1.68%

Connecticut

1.83%

1.14%

4.31%

6.33%

13.86%

*

1.92%

1.20%

Rhode Island

1.03%

1.22%

3.59%

4.41%

11.16%

1.42%

3.25%

Vermont

2.07%

1.51%

5.13%

5.27%

12.75%

1.23%

1.23%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

1.32%

1.10%

5.63%

4.08%

4.13%

2.01%

2.00%

New Jersey

1.22%

0.74%

5.16%

8.15%

12.01%

2.03%

1.14%

Pennsylvania

0.76%

0.69%

1.74%

3.28%

7.41%

1.19%

1.50%

East North Central:

Ohio

0.92%

0.37%

4.77%

5.87%

7.36%

0.85%

1.53%

Indiana

1.68%

2.09%

3.81%

7.12%

7.49%

2.58%

1.61%

Illinois

0.46%

0.73%

2.89%

5.67%

6.12%

1.06%

0.55%

Michigan

1.61%

2.36%

7.30%

4.27%

8.72%

2.30%

3.42%

Wisconsin

0.55%

0.95%

2.70%

4.98%

9.49%

1.04%

0.45%

West North Central:

Minnesota

1.41%

0.86%

3.86%

3.56%

10.54%

0.91%

0.69%

Iowa

1.48%

0.82%

5.27%

6.44%

7.07%

1.73%

0.82%

Missouri

0.84%

1.00%

4.95%

6.17%

10.61%

1.57%

0.42%

Nebraska

1.61%

1.48%

4.62%

7.77%

6.26%

2.27%

1.04%

Kansas

0.82%

1.03%

5.01%

8.67%

4.90%

1.04%

0.97%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

0.85%

0.90%

4.52%

4.39%

8.29%

1.65%

0.64%

Virginia

1.52%

1.43%

6.12%

5.76%

4.69%

2.39%

0.95%

North Carolina

1.36%

1.46%

4.77%

6.50%

11.40%

1.64%

1.27%

South Carolina

1.02%

1.24%

4.70%

12.35%

6.59%

1.60%

1.60%

Georgia

0.65%

0.53%

8.34%

4.61%

9.47%

1.80%

1.02%

Florida

1.52%

2.14%

6.85%

5.87%

10.97%

1.63%

1.32%

East South Central:

Kentucky

1.33%

0.69%

7.94%

6.28%

10.59%

1.41%

0.80%

Tennessee

1.73%

2.19%

5.74%

4.63%

6.71%

2.29%

0.88%

Alabama

1.33%

0.81%

7.26%

8.23%

7.53%

1.46%

0.64%

Mississippi

1.12%

2.04%

11.45%

7.90%

4.62%

1.56%

1.06%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.36%

1.84%

7.89%

12.14%

4.35%

2.35%

1.55%

Louisiana

1.36%

1.10%

9.19%

8.44%

8.02%

1.93%

1.69%

Oklahoma

1.31%

2.03%

5.37%

4.70%

7.41%

2.24%

0.99%

Texas

0.72%

1.16%

3.46%

3.08%

5.03%

1.32%

0.44%

Mountain:

Colorado

1.34%

1.13%

9.77%

8.22%

14.51%

1.36%

0.80%

Arizona

1.11%

1.35%

5.31%

6.12%

10.63%

1.43%

0.54%

Nevada

1.37%

1.13%

12.09%

9.88%

11.41%

1.68%

1.93%

Montana

2.37%

1.54%

5.33%

6.73%

8.35%

2.46%

2.99%

Pacific:

Washington

1.56%

1.36%

5.42%

7.61%

14.18%

2.57%

1.47%

Oregon

1.59%

1.42%

3.49%

6.24%

22.22%

2.19%

2.37%

California

1.06%

1.05%

2.06%

3.95%

4.84%

1.50%

0.79%

Hawaii

0.23%

0.15%

0.60%

2.90%

5.54%

0.25%

0.11%

States not shown separately

1.08%

0.83%

3.03%

5.38%

7.55%

1.34%

1.20%

 

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 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.