Table I.A.2.f(2002) 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, 2002
 
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

73.9%

55.8%

81.8%

87.6%

90.3%

82.9%

65.8%

85.6%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

46.9%

35.4%

77.4%

79.3%

95.1%

76.9%

42.7%

85.1%
Mining and manufacturing

85.0%

76.3%

88.4%

96.6%

92.0%

74.8%

84.2%

86.4%
Construction

71.2%

59.7%

82.6%

91.0%

90.5%

86.6%

68.9%

90.2%
Utilities and transp.

72.3%

58.9%

93.9%

86.8%

88.1%

59.6%

74.2%

70.2%
Wholesale trade

75.0%

61.2%

88.7%

91.9%

90.1%

69.1%

72.3%

79.8%
Fin. svs. and real estate

73.0%

54.8%

80.4%

86.5%

89.3%

78.3%

62.2%

81.1%
Retail trade

85.2%

60.9%

87.2%

94.0%

97.6%

95.0%

72.8%

95.5%
Professional services

68.9%

56.2%

80.2%

81.0%

85.0%

78.8%

63.3%

81.0%
Other services

70.0%

45.4%

71.6%

82.6%

89.6%

83.1%

57.3%

85.5%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

76.5%

59.1%

84.7%

89.5%

92.0%

81.7%

69.9%

85.2%
For profit, unincorporated

64.4%

52.9%

82.1%

90.9%

87.0%

95.6%

59.0%

90.2%
Nonprofit

62.0%

40.7%

61.0%

75.6%

85.3%

74.5%

50.1%

81.5%
Unknown

89.9%

.

100.0%

 *

88.0%

91.7%

91.2%

27.1%

 *

91.3%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

63.4%

53.6%

81.4%

91.0%

79.1%

87.6%

60.6%

84.1%
5-9 years

64.7%

52.8%

78.0%

86.3%

87.8%

87.9%

61.0%

87.1%
10-19 years

71.8%

58.4%

84.1%

89.7%

91.1%

85.5%

67.7%

89.3%
20 or more years

76.7%

55.9%

81.7%

86.7%

90.7%

86.9%

67.4%

88.2%
Unknown

79.7%

43.2%

 *

100.0%

 *

93.1%

91.9%

78.6%

83.8%

79.7%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

85.9%

76.1%

89.1%

89.4%

90.9%

83.4%

87.0%

85.8%
1 location only

65.5%

55.4%

80.9%

86.6%

86.2%

23.7%

 *

64.1%

83.3%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

66.1%

34.4%

61.0%

79.7%

88.8%

85.8%

48.0%

86.9%
25-49 %

76.4%

46.6%

74.7%

91.6%

92.5%

89.0%

60.4%

90.0%
50-74 %

73.5%

54.7%

78.8%

82.9%

91.5%

94.1%

61.9%

92.3%
75% or more

74.2%

57.8%

83.9%

88.6%

89.9%

79.7%

67.9%

83.5%
 
Union presence
No union employees

73.1%

55.9%

82.8%

87.6%

90.3%

82.1%

66.0%

85.5%
Has union employees

81.1%

49.7%

66.1%

86.7%

91.6%

87.6%

61.9%

88.2%
Unknown

77.9%

55.7%

63.9%

96.9%

88.4%

80.8%

60.6%

81.8%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

73.0%

46.8%

79.2%

87.8%

94.5%

88.2%

60.2%

90.8%
Less than 50% low wage

72.6%

58.3%

82.8%

87.3%

87.8%

87.8%

67.5%

87.8%
Unknown

78.9%

50.2%

71.4%

94.3%

90.2%

80.1%

58.7%

81.0%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 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 no 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(2002) 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, 2002
 
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

0.56%

1.10%

1.07%

0.89%

0.80%

0.82%

0.76%

0.63%
 
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest.

3.85%

4.47%

7.94%

13.22%

3.54%

8.46%

3.69%

4.18%
Mining and manufacturing

1.52%

2.93%

3.15%

1.33%

2.07%

3.98%

1.85%

2.14%
Construction

1.76%

2.91%

1.91%

1.80%

3.17%

4.54%

1.97%

1.83%
Utilities and transp.

2.76%

4.31%

2.11%

4.87%

6.58%

5.48%

3.35%

4.78%
Wholesale trade

1.53%

2.78%

1.74%

2.31%

3.58%

4.77%

2.04%

2.87%
Fin. svs. and real estate

1.15%

2.76%

2.45%

2.70%

2.23%

1.95%

2.17%

1.63%
Retail trade

1.11%

2.98%

2.82%

2.23%

1.07%

0.83%

2.35%

0.62%
Professional services

1.17%

1.79%

1.62%

1.95%

1.92%

3.36%

1.22%

1.64%
Other services

1.01%

1.81%

2.96%

1.25%

1.92%

1.69%

1.61%

1.02%
 
Ownership
For profit, incorporated

0.61%

1.20%

1.00%

0.96%

0.79%

0.88%

0.74%

0.78%
For profit, unincorporated

1.74%

2.60%

3.24%

2.30%

3.89%

2.11%

2.18%

1.80%
Nonprofit

1.71%

2.48%

2.59%

2.13%

1.68%

4.44%

1.78%

1.31%
Unknown

0.80%

.

31.62%

 *

21.00%

2.98%

1.04%

13.24%

 *

1.09%
 
Age of firm
Less than 5 years

1.67%

2.81%

3.06%

2.19%

4.49%

3.85%

1.78%

2.93%
5-9 years

2.02%

2.56%

2.59%

4.29%

3.01%

5.32%

2.17%

2.16%
10-19 years

0.95%

1.43%

1.48%

1.77%

1.19%

3.46%

1.15%

1.38%
20 or more years

0.47%

0.90%

1.24%

0.64%

1.10%

0.64%

0.76%

0.44%
Unknown

1.30%

14.92%

 *

31.62%

 *

4.42%

1.90%

1.51%

13.27%

1.31%
 
Multi/single status
2 or more locations

0.53%

5.41%

2.43%

1.13%

0.94%

0.83%

1.75%

0.65%
1 location only

0.81%

1.18%

1.06%

1.19%

1.11%

9.39%

 *

0.86%

1.24%
 
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25%

2.04%

3.93%

7.35%

4.88%

3.45%

3.83%

2.62%

2.21%
25-49 %

1.52%

1.29%

5.51%

1.87%

2.53%

1.87%

2.46%

1.34%
50-74 %

0.91%

2.30%

3.27%

2.45%

2.50%

1.40%

1.71%

1.16%
75% or more

0.77%

1.40%

1.00%

0.82%

1.01%

1.30%

0.93%

1.01%
 
Union presence
No union employees

0.56%

1.10%

1.13%

1.03%

0.84%

0.87%

0.81%

0.63%
Has union employees

0.66%

4.17%

5.16%

2.70%

2.64%

1.53%

3.10%

1.32%
Unknown

1.99%

8.31%

10.80%

4.18%

7.74%

2.52%

6.38%

2.01%
 
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage

0.71%

1.41%

1.51%

1.51%

1.39%

2.85%

1.20%

0.98%
Less than 50% low wage

0.72%

1.13%

1.32%

1.08%

1.32%

1.77%

0.84%

0.66%
Unknown

1.48%

4.22%

10.08%

2.43%

2.62%

1.50%

3.18%

1.39%
 
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2002 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 no 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.