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, 2018
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 74.8%    50.5%    77.7%    86.7%    91.5%    83.6%    62.4%    86.0%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 67.5%    52.3%    --    84.1%    92.1%    95.7%    62.1%    89.1%   
Mining and manufacturing 79.3%    51.9%    92.3%    93.6%    93.9%    72.4%    74.3%    85.6%   
Construction 77.0%    62.6%    88.5%    91.0%    92.0%    90.6%    74.3%    90.2%   
Utilities and transp. 70.5%    55.8%    63.7%    87.8%    91.5%    66.8%    62.2%    75.3%   
Wholesale trade 74.3%    53.4%    79.4%    91.4%    89.8%    75.3%    67.3%    82.1%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 78.7%    54.3%    74.9%    85.9%    89.8%    86.5%    61.7%    87.1%   
Retail trade 85.0%    60.5%    90.3%    91.6%    97.8%    87.4%    73.5%    89.6%   
Professional services 66.3%    43.7%    71.7%    81.5%    87.3%    76.8%    54.7%    80.2%   
Other services 75.2%    48.2%    71.1%    84.0%    93.9%    90.2%    58.9%    90.9%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 75.8%    50.7%    80.0%    88.6%    92.0%    83.3%    63.8%    85.7%   
For profit, unincorporated 75.6%    56.1%    81.4%    90.4%    94.2%    84.7%    65.6%    88.6%   
Nonprofit 67.2%    36.0%    53.4%    69.9%    88.0%    84.6%    45.4%    84.6%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 58.1%    44.1%    80.3%    84.6%    92.2%    98.2%    53.5%    88.7%   
5-9 years 64.4%    46.3%    76.2%    93.5%    94.3%    93.9%    57.9%    93.7%   
10-19 years 70.4%    53.3%    77.8%    87.5%    90.3%    92.8%    63.9%    90.2%   
20 or more years 79.1%    53.4%    77.4%    85.5%    91.5%    83.1%    65.8%    85.4%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 85.7%    54.5%    84.6%    86.2%    91.9%    83.6%    82.6%    85.9%   
1 location only 63.3%    50.5%    76.9%    86.9%    88.4%    84.8%    60.8%    87.7%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 74.5%    39.8%    63.0%    79.2%    93.9%    88.5%    51.3%    89.4%   
25-49 % 80.9%    45.7%    70.3%    84.0%    96.6%    90.1%    60.2%    91.4%   
50-74 % 78.0%    55.7%    74.5%    87.8%    92.7%    90.9%    62.9%    91.5%   
75% or more 73.6%    50.4%    79.8%    87.3%    90.4%    80.7%    63.1%    83.9%   
Union presence
No union employees 74.9%    50.4%    77.8%    86.8%    91.8%    86.3%    62.4%    88.0%   
Has union employees 74.0%    53.5%    75.6%    83.1%    86.4%    74.8%    62.6%    76.1%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 81.8%    40.9%    76.1%    86.6%    96.0%    91.2%    56.8%    92.4%   
Less than 50% low-wage 73.3%    51.7%    77.9%    86.7%    89.9%    81.2%    63.1%    84.0%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 71.2%    49.3%    81.2%    90.5%    90.8%    78.5%    63.5%    84.8%   
25-49 % 75.3%    62.8%    73.9%    89.2%    89.4%    74.3%    70.0%    78.9%   
50-74 % 75.1%    41.9%    77.5%    82.3%    93.1%    87.1%    54.9%    88.0%   
75% or more 78.0%    54.1%    75.6%    83.5%    91.9%    90.7%    63.2%    90.6%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 78.3%    54.0%    79.4%    87.1%    92.9%    87.9%    66.3%    89.2%   
25-49 % 79.2%    64.2%    73.6%    86.7%    91.2%    80.2%    71.3%    83.1%   
50-74 % 68.1%    49.9%    76.4%    84.3%    85.8%    79.4%    58.8%    82.4%   
75% or more 47.8%    30.2%    84.2%    89.4%    93.9%    83.9%    38.9%    89.7%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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 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, 2018
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 0.65%    1.67%    1.42%    0.80%    0.63%    0.79%    1.15%    0.54%   
Industry group **
Agric., fish., forest. 7.24%    11.07%    --    10.08%    4.61%    4.01%    8.80%    6.12%   
Mining and manufacturing 2.43%    7.43%    2.34%    2.19%    1.48%    3.46%    3.97%    1.71%   
Construction 2.92%    5.27%    3.21%    1.96%    2.39%    3.42%    3.43%    1.99%   
Utilities and transp. 3.34%    10.56%    10.55%    3.82%    3.17%    4.05%    6.99%    3.00%   
Wholesale trade 2.50%    6.77%    4.33%    2.04%    3.04%    2.85%    4.21%    1.88%   
Fin. svs. and real estate 1.73%    5.39%    5.29%    2.85%    1.86%    1.61%    4.10%    1.22%   
Retail trade 1.41%    5.63%    3.32%    2.16%    0.72%    1.64%    3.46%    1.28%   
Professional services 1.35%    2.78%    2.86%    1.77%    1.43%    1.93%    2.06%    1.28%   
Other services 1.44%    3.70%    3.32%    1.77%    0.98%    1.40%    2.50%    0.91%   
Ownership
For profit, incorporated 0.77%    2.06%    1.67%    0.93%    0.79%    0.89%    1.40%    0.65%   
For profit, unincorporated 1.67%    3.53%    3.08%    1.62%    1.27%    2.30%    2.58%    1.40%   
Nonprofit 1.84%    5.03%    4.61%    2.86%    1.59%    2.34%    3.31%    1.30%   
Age of firm
Less than 5 years 3.06%    4.12%    4.10%    3.27%    2.46%    1.05%    3.40%    2.61%   
5-9 years 2.90%    4.36%    4.61%    1.64%    2.15%    3.69%    3.35%    1.53%   
10-19 years 1.82%    3.30%    2.96%    1.72%    1.83%    1.85%    2.28%    1.23%   
20 or more years 0.68%    2.54%    1.87%    1.06%    0.72%    0.82%    1.57%    0.60%   
Multi/single status
2 or more locations 0.57%    14.54%    3.39%    1.46%    0.70%    0.79%    2.46%    0.58%   
1 location only 1.11%    1.69%    1.53%    0.93%    1.26%    3.80%    1.21%    1.06%   
Percent full-time employees
Less than 25% 2.43%    8.04%    6.95%    3.95%    2.00%    2.34%    5.06%    1.72%   
25-49 % 2.09%    7.94%    5.59%    2.93%    1.04%    2.34%    4.61%    1.52%   
50-74 % 1.70%    4.14%    4.20%    2.18%    1.57%    1.96%    3.00%    1.35%   
75% or more 0.78%    1.94%    1.60%    0.93%    0.80%    0.99%    1.34%    0.67%   
Union presence
No union employees 0.69%    1.70%    1.44%    0.81%    0.64%    0.79%    1.16%    0.52%   
Has union employees 2.01%    9.50%    8.91%    4.63%    3.02%    2.12%    6.97%    1.89%   
Percent low-wage employees
50% or more low-wage 1.43%    4.97%    4.59%    1.97%    0.76%    1.17%    3.52%    0.79%   
Less than 50% low-wage 0.73%    1.77%    1.50%    0.88%    0.81%    0.97%    1.21%    0.66%   
Percent women employees
Less than 25% 1.36%    2.76%    2.26%    1.23%    1.32%    1.90%    1.93%    1.09%   
25-49 % 1.36%    4.12%    3.26%    1.62%    1.77%    1.96%    2.60%    1.44%   
50-74 % 1.25%    3.39%    3.53%    1.84%    0.91%    1.16%    2.50%    0.87%   
75% or more 1.28%    3.46%    2.77%    1.82%    1.18%    1.35%    2.34%    0.89%   
Percent age 50 or older employees
Less than 25% 0.91%    2.51%    1.92%    1.15%    0.80%    1.08%    1.62%    0.71%   
25-49 % 0.95%    3.73%    2.69%    1.39%    1.06%    1.25%    2.09%    0.93%   
50-74 % 1.97%    3.82%    4.31%    2.24%    2.46%    2.75%    2.88%    1.71%   
75% or more 3.01%    3.55%    4.60%    3.20%    2.27%    4.87%    3.31%    2.36%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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.