Table I.A.2.f(1999) 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, 1999

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United States

71.8%

52.0%

80.6%

87.0%

90.8%

84.7%

62.7%

86.9%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

46.2%

34.5%

65.9%

84.7%

100.0%

67.9%

41.7%

80.4%

Mining

58.6%

73.9%

42.4%

*

96.3%

79.8%

36.8%

65.4%

53.5%

Construction

70.7%

59.7%

85.8%

87.7%

90.8%

98.3%

69.1%

90.2%

Manufacturing

82.9%

66.9%

91.4%

95.3%

92.0%

75.6%

80.8%

86.3%

Transp., commu., util.

81.8%

71.0%

84.3%

89.2%

90.5%

85.4%

76.7%

86.4%

Wholesale trade

75.8%

57.8%

88.1%

91.4%

87.2%

78.9%

70.8%

84.0%

Retail trade

82.1%

51.8%

83.8%

89.4%

93.2%

93.2%

67.5%

92.7%

Fin., ins., real est.

71.6%

57.7%

86.1%

82.8%

89.8%

73.5%

64.7%

77.7%

Services

63.7%

47.1%

72.6%

82.1%

89.9%

83.2%

55.5%

86.0%

Unknown

100.0%

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100.0%

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100.0%

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Ownership

For profit, incorporated

75.2%

54.9%

83.9%

89.0%

91.8%

84.1%

67.2%

86.7%

For profit, unincorporated

60.2%

51.0%

79.8%

87.4%

92.5%

85.6%

56.1%

89.6%

Nonprofit

59.8%

37.1%

58.5%

76.4%

87.3%

88.3%

47.0%

85.9%

Unknown

88.1%

80.0%

59.5%

*

85.6%

85.8%

88.9%

71.7%

88.5%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

63.5%

55.3%

78.1%

85.4%

94.6%

82.4%

61.0%

87.8%

5-9 years

64.7%

52.1%

83.7%

86.1%

89.3%

89.7%

61.7%

87.9%

10-19 years

70.4%

55.0%

82.1%

88.8%

95.6%

91.6%

65.5%

93.0%

20 or more years

72.0%

47.4%

79.1%

86.6%

90.6%

85.3%

61.6%

88.0%

84.1%

87.4%

78.2%

85.6%

85.3%

84.0%

78.2%

84.2%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1 location only

86.3%

76.7%

84.2%

87.6%

90.9%

84.7%

83.9%

86.7%

62.3%

51.4%

80.0%

86.6%

89.8%

86.4%

60.7%

89.1%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

25-49%

61.0%

33.5%

45.1%

65.1%

92.8%

88.6%

40.0%

87.4%

50-74%

77.2%

41.3%

72.4%

84.0%

94.8%

94.9%

56.7%

94.0%

75% or more

71.5%

50.1%

75.3%

89.9%

88.3%

93.9%

59.8%

91.8%

Unknown

71.9%

54.0%

83.7%

88.1%

90.5%

80.8%

64.8%

84.7%

Union presence

No union employees

70.9%

51.8%

80.9%

87.7%

91.4%

85.0%

62.6%

87.8%

Has union employees

76.3%

51.3%

69.3%

80.1%

89.2%

82.1%

62.5%

83.1%

Unknown

80.6%

59.6%

95.7%

76.1%

76.6%

85.8%

67.2%

84.7%

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

64.2%

32.6%

69.1%

81.5%

93.3%

95.3%

45.8%

92.7%

Less than 50% low wage

70.2%

53.8%

81.2%

87.8%

91.5%

85.6%

64.3%

88.9%

Unknown

80.8%

43.6%

84.4%

80.3%

84.7%

83.6%

53.9%

83.8%

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.

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Table I.A.2.f(1999) 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, 1999

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United States

0.52%

0.77%

0.97%

0.80%

0.72%

0.84%

0.64%

0.57%

Industry group

Agric., fish., forest.

3.25%

4.22%

8.52%

5.83%

14.91%

11.63%

3.39%

7.76%

Mining

5.48%

19.48%

14.62%

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17.61%

16.79%

10.70%

14.94%

7.15%

Construction

1.88%

2.78%

2.81%

2.20%

2.45%

2.95%

2.17%

2.65%

Manufacturing

1.62%

4.30%

2.72%

1.69%

2.02%

2.66%

2.46%

1.53%

Transp., commu., util.

1.47%

2.83%

5.60%

3.95%

3.71%

3.18%

2.44%

2.16%

Wholesale trade

1.86%

3.66%

2.61%

3.12%

3.71%

3.11%

3.24%

1.72%

Retail trade

0.64%

2.34%

2.29%

1.68%

1.69%

0.81%

1.44%

0.66%

Fin., ins., real est.

1.53%

2.35%

3.68%

3.32%

1.83%

2.73%

1.73%

2.08%

Services

0.81%

1.63%

1.65%

1.33%

1.50%

1.57%

1.14%

1.10%

Unknown

31.62%

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31.62%

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31.62%

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Ownership

For profit, incorporated

0.65%

1.10%

0.98%

1.00%

0.88%

0.95%

0.82%

0.65%

For profit, unincorporated

1.70%

2.45%

2.35%

2.30%

1.51%

5.93%

1.81%

1.36%

Nonprofit

1.50%

2.74%

2.96%

1.23%

1.82%

3.07%

1.87%

1.18%

Unknown

1.83%

21.62%

19.29%

*

20.46%

4.77%

1.45%

19.70%

1.60%

Age of firm

Less than 5 years

1.80%

2.51%

3.15%

2.31%

2.80%

5.37%

1.82%

2.56%

5-9 years

1.67%

2.40%

2.75%

2.28%

2.70%

5.97%

1.84%

2.47%

10-19 years

1.12%

2.25%

1.52%

0.99%

0.96%

2.31%

1.53%

0.90%

20 or more years

0.65%

0.92%

1.53%

1.10%

0.89%

1.43%

0.88%

0.74%

1.08%

13.61%

14.29%

5.01%

2.58%

1.29%

8.10%

1.12%

Multi/single status

2 or more locations

1 location only

0.55%

4.58%

2.06%

1.59%

0.82%

0.84%

1.99%

0.59%

0.56%

0.76%

1.02%

1.00%

1.00%

3.25%

0.63%

0.93%

Percent full-time employees

Less than 25%

25-49%

2.16%

4.74%

9.63%

4.30%

2.66%

3.73%

2.58%

1.95%

50-74%

1.43%

3.86%

3.94%

2.63%

1.55%

1.03%

2.50%

0.50%

75% or more

1.87%

3.21%

2.04%

1.75%

2.05%

0.98%

2.57%

0.93%

Unknown

0.48%

0.76%

1.05%

1.14%

0.99%

1.06%

0.51%

0.71%

Union presence

No union employees

0.56%

0.78%

0.98%

0.77%

0.85%

0.84%

0.71%

0.56%

Has union employees

1.74%

4.15%

4.90%

3.39%

2.17%

2.19%

2.83%

1.39%

Unknown

1.68%

4.42%

4.73%

6.65%

5.51%

2.47%

3.03%

2.47%

Percent low-wage employees

50% or more low wage

1.55%

2.27%

4.30%

2.09%

1.19%

2.53%

1.97%

1.37%

Less than 50% low wage

0.47%

0.93%

0.87%

0.88%

0.79%

1.55%

0.66%

0.83%

Unknown

1.07%

3.47%

6.01%

4.07%

2.49%

1.25%

1.81%

1.11%

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.

***** No estimate available. No reported values in cell.