Table I.A.2.f(2010) 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, 2010
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 74.6%    54.4%    80.5%    86.5%    90.7%    84.2%    64.7%    86.3%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 50.8%    36.0%    78.5%    76.5%    100.0%    86.9%    44.6%    95.9%   
Mining and manufacturing 83.3%    71.2%    89.7%    94.1%    92.5%    76.2%    81.7%    86.1%   
Construction 70.2%    59.0%    84.7%    88.2%    83.5%    95.0%    67.9%    87.9%   
Utilities and transp. 72.6%    60.7%    83.0%    92.6%    93.1%    63.5%    72.5%    72.7%   
Wholesale trade 76.7%    55.7%    89.3%    88.5%    95.4%    78.4%    69.8%    86.0%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 75.6%    53.4%    78.1%    90.5%    90.7%    79.6%    62.2%    83.3%   
Retail trade 84.9%    57.2%    81.5%    95.3%    97.1%    92.5%    69.6%    93.6%   
Professional services 69.4%    54.5%    78.9%    81.9%    87.5%    76.1%    62.9%    81.2%   
Other services 72.6%    47.7%    73.7%    79.4%    88.2%    90.9%    58.6%    88.9%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 76.3%    55.7%    82.8%    89.6%    91.4%    84.1%    67.0%    86.3%   
For profit, unincorporated 72.2%    57.6%    79.3%    84.4%    92.3%    87.0%    63.8%    88.8%   
Nonprofit 65.1%    33.5%    62.9%    73.5%    87.3%    80.1%    48.1%    83.5%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 61.1%    48.9%    77.0%    81.7%    89.8%    83.8%    56.6%    86.3%   
5-9 years 65.2%    52.5%    79.7%    82.5%    92.0%    92.2%    60.6%    89.9%   
10-19 years 71.6%    54.8%    83.0%    86.8%    90.9%    96.2%    64.5%    91.9%   
20 or more years 78.0%    56.2%    80.1%    87.4%    90.6%    83.3%    67.6%    85.5%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 86.1%    64.7%    85.3%    87.6%    91.1%    84.2%    84.1%    86.3%   
1 location only 64.8%    54.3%    79.9%    85.8%    87.5%    79.0%    63.2%    86.7%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 70.8%    41.8%    68.0%    72.2%    90.0%    88.8%    52.5%    87.3%   
25-49 % 75.3%    42.0%    70.8%    84.8%    94.0%    87.7%    56.2%    89.5%   
50-74 % 75.8%    53.3%    75.9%    83.9%    92.7%    91.5%    60.8%    91.4%   
75% or more 74.6%    56.2%    82.7%    88.1%    90.1%    81.2%    66.9%    84.6%   
Union presence
No union employees 74.0%    54.3%    80.9%    87.0%    90.8%    87.5%    64.8%    88.6%   
Has union employees 75.5%    54.0%    73.9%    77.6%    87.4%    77.5%    63.5%    78.6%   
Unknown 80.7%    59.2%    71.9%    88.2%    92.2%    82.3%    64.6%    83.4%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 78.1%    44.6%    75.1%    86.2%    91.9%    90.8%    58.2%    90.7%   
Less than 50% low wage 73.3%    56.7%    81.7%    86.7%    90.1%    80.2%    66.3%    83.8%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

** 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(2010) 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, 2010
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 0.37%    1.31%    1.23%    0.94%    0.70%    0.84%    0.82%    0.57%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 6.78%    7.52%    13.73%    8.67%    14.91%    10.03%    7.58%    4.36%   
Mining and manufacturing 1.24%    3.78%    2.04%    2.00%    1.92%    4.91%    1.87%    2.47%   
Construction 1.83%    3.79%    2.39%    0.88%    5.40%    2.24%    2.16%    3.05%   
Utilities and transp. 2.93%    8.07%    4.73%    2.62%    2.70%    4.12%    5.38%    3.07%   
Wholesale trade 1.01%    3.45%    2.52%    1.93%    0.95%    3.08%    2.08%    1.72%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 0.97%    2.78%    3.10%    1.80%    1.00%    1.24%    1.70%    1.08%   
Retail trade 1.09%    2.84%    2.94%    0.94%    1.46%    0.76%    2.54%    0.69%   
Professional services 0.83%    1.79%    2.33%    1.74%    1.12%    2.09%    1.28%    1.02%   
Other services 0.93%    2.22%    2.41%    3.01%    1.08%    1.35%    1.67%    1.06%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.49%    1.74%    1.23%    0.77%    0.80%    0.76%    1.06%    0.63%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.07%    2.01%    2.06%    3.31%    1.28%    3.04%    1.83%    1.72%   
Nonprofit 1.17%    2.68%    4.75%    2.49%    1.81%    3.76%    1.65%    0.99%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.52%    3.57%    5.20%    3.89%    1.99%    5.32%    2.80%    1.87%   
5-9 years 1.24%    1.95%    2.13%    3.13%    1.94%    2.20%    1.51%    1.85%   
10-19 years 1.36%    1.66%    2.02%    1.77%    2.16%    1.16%    1.36%    1.07%   
20 or more years 0.27%    1.50%    1.06%    0.60%    0.84%    1.00%    0.79%    0.72%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.64%    8.40%    2.30%    1.52%    0.68%    0.85%    1.92%    0.64%   
1 location only 0.85%    1.38%    1.34%    0.86%    1.94%    4.26%    0.90%    1.18%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.04%    4.35%    4.60%    6.59%    1.62%    4.35%    3.37%    3.09%   
25-49 % 1.61%    4.24%    4.40%    3.04%    1.80%    1.88%    2.36%    1.36%   
50-74 % 1.49%    2.92%    4.52%    2.53%    1.77%    1.42%    2.63%    1.22%   
75% or more 0.38%    1.44%    1.52%    0.90%    0.83%    0.82%    0.74%    0.54%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.46%    1.28%    1.37%    0.94%    0.76%    0.66%    0.80%    0.37%   
Has union employees 1.49%    5.37%    4.31%    4.04%    2.47%    2.02%    2.86%    1.68%   
Unknown 1.39%    8.22%    10.67%    2.89%    1.85%    1.39%    6.36%    1.20%   
Percent low wage employees
50% or more low wage 0.84%    2.20%    1.82%    1.60%    0.79%    0.84%    1.59%    0.69%   
Less than 50% low wage 0.52%    1.65%    1.49%    1.08%    0.78%    1.14%    0.99%    0.63%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

** 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.