Table I.A.2.f(2014) 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, 2014
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 73.0%    49.0%    77.6%    84.1%    89.6%    85.2%    60.5%    86.2%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 45.7%    32.3%    66.2%    --    94.9%    80.4%    39.9%    80.8%   
Mining and manufacturing 77.7%    60.3%    85.7%    93.5%    92.4%    70.8%    74.2%    82.9%   
Construction 68.6%    55.9%    86.7%    89.1%    79.4%    69.7%    66.2%    83.0%   
Utilities and transp. 72.4%    49.0%    84.8%    89.3%    81.7%    75.6%    63.9%    79.3%   
Wholesale trade 69.9%    45.9%    75.5%    90.1%    90.8%    74.0%    60.8%    82.7%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 75.6%    46.3%    74.7%    85.3%    86.2%    86.5%    56.4%    86.5%   
Retail trade 85.9%    55.9%    89.0%    94.8%    96.5%    91.1%    69.5%    92.3%   
Professional services 65.6%    46.3%    75.2%    75.0%    89.2%    76.3%    56.4%    80.1%   
Other services 72.8%    48.7%    70.8%    80.2%    89.6%    88.4%    59.1%    87.7%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 74.2%    49.6%    79.3%    87.7%    89.4%    84.7%    61.9%    86.0%   
For profit, unincorporated 72.7%    53.3%    79.3%    85.2%    92.7%    91.9%    61.9%    91.3%   
Nonprofit 64.7%    34.9%    64.6%    67.5%    88.1%    80.1%    48.5%    82.0%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 59.7%    49.2%    76.6%    84.7%    91.1%    95.4%    56.2%    87.4%   
5-9 years 61.9%    49.0%    75.6%    81.4%    85.3%    94.0%    57.9%    84.6%   
10-19 years 65.9%    46.8%    79.8%    83.7%    87.9%    94.1%    59.5%    87.8%   
20 or more years 77.9%    50.4%    77.1%    84.7%    90.2%    84.9%    63.0%    86.1%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 86.1%    50.6%    81.5%    86.9%    90.0%    85.2%    81.8%    86.5%   
1 location only 60.6%    49.0%    77.0%    82.0%    86.7%    76.4%    58.6%    82.8%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 70.3%    28.6%    68.4%    76.8%    90.4%    86.4%    45.6%    86.5%   
25-49 % 74.4%    43.0%    62.4%    77.9%    92.7%    90.8%    53.4%    90.4%   
50-74 % 77.1%    46.8%    78.3%    85.5%    91.8%    95.4%    58.6%    93.4%   
75% or more 72.1%    51.4%    79.5%    85.2%    88.7%    80.5%    62.6%    83.5%   
Union presence
No union employees 71.5%    49.0%    78.2%    84.3%    89.9%    87.4%    60.5%    87.6%   
Has union employees 78.2%    55.1%    65.6%    81.4%    85.2%    81.4%    63.3%    81.8%   
Unknown 82.7%    --    --    --    89.7%    83.6%    41.3%    84.0%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 79.6%    37.7%    75.1%    86.7%    93.0%    92.2%    53.6%    92.0%   
Less than 50% low-wage 70.7%    51.3%    78.0%    83.4%    88.1%    80.1%    61.8%    82.9%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2014 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

-- 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(2014) 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, 2014
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%    1.24%    1.29%    0.92%    0.72%    0.87%    0.89%    0.59%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 6.23%    7.75%    15.34%    --    3.94%    14.48%    6.98%    8.64%   
Mining and manufacturing 2.04%    4.99%    3.91%    1.92%    1.71%    3.98%    3.09%    2.05%   
Construction 2.44%    3.80%    3.06%    3.13%    5.96%    9.92%    2.76%    3.68%   
Utilities and transp. 2.93%    7.73%    6.68%    3.83%    5.67%    4.18%    5.14%    3.11%   
Wholesale trade 2.20%    4.63%    4.91%    2.31%    2.86%    4.38%    3.22%    2.38%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.52%    3.80%    4.81%    2.86%    2.13%    1.89%    2.91%    1.40%   
Retail trade 1.21%    4.20%    3.31%    1.51%    1.08%    1.39%    2.90%    1.11%   
Professional services 1.15%    2.15%    2.32%    2.09%    1.21%    2.42%    1.61%    1.38%   
Other services 1.29%    2.87%    3.02%    2.17%    1.54%    1.98%    1.97%    1.36%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.66%    1.48%    1.51%    1.01%    0.93%    0.97%    1.06%    0.71%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.55%    2.82%    3.21%    2.44%    1.49%    2.08%    2.16%    1.32%   
Nonprofit 1.59%    3.62%    3.97%    2.81%    1.56%    3.55%    2.51%    1.49%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.52%    3.32%    4.71%    3.55%    2.75%    2.69%    2.77%    2.76%   
5-9 years 2.06%    2.99%    4.03%    2.95%    3.83%    3.75%    2.33%    2.67%   
10-19 years 1.45%    2.44%    2.31%    2.12%    2.02%    2.39%    1.77%    1.48%   
20 or more years 0.65%    1.91%    1.79%    1.12%    0.80%    0.90%    1.27%    0.66%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.61%    9.99%    3.17%    1.41%    0.79%    0.87%    2.03%    0.64%   
1 location only 0.88%    1.25%    1.41%    1.21%    1.48%    4.04%    0.94%    1.29%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.47%    4.96%    7.07%    4.29%    2.36%    3.85%    3.96%    2.64%   
25-49 % 1.80%    4.62%    5.32%    3.59%    1.84%    1.78%    3.17%    1.38%   
50-74 % 1.33%    3.03%    3.51%    2.17%    1.80%    0.93%    2.31%    0.83%   
75% or more 0.69%    1.47%    1.45%    1.06%    0.90%    1.23%    1.05%    0.79%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.63%    1.26%    1.30%    0.95%    0.75%    1.13%    0.91%    0.65%   
Has union employees 1.84%    7.93%    6.91%    4.18%    2.95%    2.23%    4.62%    1.94%   
Unknown 1.61%    --    --    --    4.79%    1.65%    11.34%    1.57%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.04%    2.93%    3.77%    1.94%    1.10%    1.07%    2.23%    0.82%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.67%    1.36%    1.37%    1.05%    0.92%    1.26%    0.97%    0.80%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2014 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

-- 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.