Table I.A.2.f 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, 2015
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 74.4%    49.3%    79.0%    85.9%    90.2%    84.5%    61.8%    86.3%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 40.6%    19.2% * --    75.3%    92.9%    83.7%    30.4%    81.3%   
Mining and manufacturing 83.2%    67.2%    90.3%    92.9%    91.3%    75.7%    81.5%    85.7%   
Construction 65.3%    44.7%    89.8%    87.5%    91.0%    65.2%    61.7%    83.7%   
Utilities and transp. 73.0%    52.0%    89.1%    90.9%    98.7%    66.5%    69.7%    75.1%   
Wholesale trade 67.6%    43.5%    81.3%    84.9%    90.8%    64.6%    61.4%    74.8%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 80.7%    55.0%    81.5%    89.1%    87.2%    88.0%    65.2%    87.8%   
Retail trade 87.0%    62.8%    85.6%    92.0%    97.5%    91.5%    71.9%    92.7%   
Professional services 67.7%    50.2%    72.8%    84.2%    88.2%    71.1%    59.6%    79.2%   
Other services 73.1%    43.4%    72.8%    80.3%    88.8%    92.6%    56.0%    90.8%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 76.1%    50.4%    82.4%    89.2%    90.4%    84.2%    64.5%    86.0%   
For profit, unincorporated 72.9%    53.9%    77.7%    85.8%    91.8%    88.2%    62.2%    89.0%   
Nonprofit 64.3%    31.8%    56.7%    70.0%    88.6%    81.6%    43.1%    84.9%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 60.2%    48.1%    73.6%    86.4%    94.7%    97.3%    57.3%    85.6%   
5-9 years 59.0%    42.5%    75.1%    84.6%    88.1%    95.1%    53.0%    88.8%   
10-19 years 69.7%    51.9%    80.5%    86.6%    87.0%    94.0%    63.4%    89.2%   
20 or more years 79.0%    50.7%    79.9%    85.8%    90.9%    84.2%    64.9%    85.9%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 86.2%    67.0%    84.4%    87.3%    90.9%    84.6%    84.5%    86.3%   
1 location only 62.4%    49.1%    78.3%    85.0%    85.9%    80.2%    60.1%    85.9%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 74.2%    25.0%    66.2%    73.6%    88.2%    93.6%    42.6%    91.0%   
25-49 % 78.9%    42.2%    66.8%    81.4%    94.4%    92.5%    55.2%    92.1%   
50-74 % 75.6%    43.9%    75.8%    87.0%    93.1%    92.9%    55.7%    92.9%   
75% or more 73.6%    52.5%    81.3%    87.2%    89.4%    79.2%    64.8%    83.1%   
Union presence
No union employees 74.7%    49.9%    79.0%    86.3%    90.6%    87.6%    62.2%    88.5%   
Has union employees 72.4%    34.5%    77.6%    79.9%    83.4%    75.8%    53.5%    76.4%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 80.7%    34.4%    71.3%    86.9%    92.9%    93.9%    50.5%    93.5%   
Less than 50% low-wage 72.5%    51.8%    79.9%    85.7%    89.0%    79.7%    63.7%    82.9%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 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 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 Standard errors 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, 2015
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 0.57%    1.36%    1.30%    0.90%    0.72%    0.83%    0.95%    0.57%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 5.47%    6.34% * --    9.18%    4.12%    13.31%    6.12%    6.41%   
Mining and manufacturing 1.85%    6.06%    3.07%    1.86%    1.78%    2.97%    2.95%    1.48%   
Construction 2.82%    4.26%    3.02%    2.99%    3.30%    10.53%    3.22%    3.44%   
Utilities and transp. 2.92%    8.30%    5.57%    4.57%    0.86%    4.41%    5.31%    3.35%   
Wholesale trade 2.25%    5.03%    4.36%    3.25%    2.36%    4.29%    3.43%    2.68%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.38%    4.38%    4.82%    2.37%    2.15%    1.51%    3.20%    1.18%   
Retail trade 1.16%    4.44%    3.34%    2.20%    0.89%    1.29%    2.97%    1.04%   
Professional services 1.22%    2.38%    2.56%    1.80%    1.35%    2.69%    1.73%    1.54%   
Other services 1.29%    2.98%    3.13%    2.32%    1.90%    1.35%    2.09%    1.03%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.66%    1.66%    1.42%    0.96%    0.91%    0.91%    1.13%    0.67%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.57%    2.98%    3.53%    2.34%    1.86%    2.44%    2.26%    1.53%   
Nonprofit 1.70%    3.81%    4.67%    3.11%    1.56%    3.10%    2.72%    1.38%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 2.67%    3.72%    4.65%    3.07%    2.42%    2.47%    2.92%    3.60%   
5-9 years 2.38%    3.38%    4.34%    3.41%    3.60%    2.76%    2.70%    2.49%   
10-19 years 1.45%    2.56%    2.35%    1.73%    2.18%    1.62%    1.80%    1.30%   
20 or more years 0.64%    2.11%    1.77%    1.19%    0.78%    0.86%    1.35%    0.63%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.59%    10.86%    3.51%    1.45%    0.80%    0.83%    2.08%    0.61%   
1 location only 0.93%    1.37%    1.40%    1.15%    1.53%    4.15%    1.00%    1.16%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.25%    5.50%    7.16%    4.69%    2.80%    1.52%    4.28%    1.35%   
25-49 % 1.75%    5.57%    5.44%    3.52%    1.59%    1.65%    3.68%    1.26%   
50-74 % 1.51%    3.36%    3.62%    2.62%    1.65%    1.55%    2.53%    1.19%   
75% or more 0.70%    1.59%    1.46%    1.01%    0.91%    1.19%    1.10%    0.77%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.59%    1.38%    1.33%    0.92%    0.73%    0.78%    0.96%    0.52%   
Has union employees 1.93%    7.07%    6.79%    4.55%    3.94%    2.20%    5.17%    1.99%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.07%    3.41%    4.22%    2.05%    1.25%    0.79%    2.54%    0.63%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.67%    1.48%    1.36%    1.01%    0.89%    1.17%    1.02%    0.77%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 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 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.