Table V.A.2.g(2001) Average length of waiting period (in weeks) before new employees were eligible for health insurance at private-sector
establishments that offer health insurance by industry groupings** and State: United States, 2001 (42 States are shown separately)
 

Division and State

Total

Agri, fish., forestry
 and construction

Mining and
 manufacturing

Retail,
 other services
 and unknown

Professional
 services

All others

 

United States

7.9

8.1

8.9

8.8

6.8

7.0

 
New England:

Maine

7.2

7.7

7.2

9.0

6.8

3.4

*

Rhode Island

6.3

7.7

5.9

7.2

4.8

5.3

Vermont

6.5

7.5

5.1

*

8.2

4.7

4.3

Massachusetts

6.8

6.6

6.9

8.2

4.9

6.7

Connecticut

7.0

6.2

*

6.1

8.0

7.4

5.3

 
Middle Atlantic:

New York

7.0

7.6

7.2

7.8

7.1

5.3

New Jersey

8.1

11.0

10.7

9.4

7.5

4.9

Pennsylvania

7.7

7.7

8.8

8.2

6.8

6.8

 
East North Central:

Ohio

7.4

7.5

7.8

8.6

6.4

6.0

Indiana

7.5

5.8

8.6

8.4

6.5

6.8

Illinois

6.9

5.3

8.7

7.8

5.8

6.7

Michigan

7.9

8.8

12.1

7.9

4.9

9.7

Wisconsin

7.5

6.4

8.0

7.2

8.9

7.0

 
West North Central:

Minnesota

7.0

6.3

9.0

7.5

6.7

6.0

Iowa

7.0

6.0

9.7

6.4

9.3

6.3

Missouri

8.4

11.9

10.2

9.8

5.4

7.6

 
South Atlantic:

Delaware

8.3

5.6

8.6

8.8

8.9

8.0

Maryland

7.2

9.0

12.0

7.9

5.2

5.3

District of Columbia

6.1

8.3

*

2.4

*

7.6

4.1

7.6

Virginia

7.2

9.0

8.6

7.5

5.1

8.0

North Carolina

7.4

4.9

*

6.4

8.8

6.1

6.8

South Carolina

8.5

10.2

7.9

8.6

7.9

8.7

Georgia

8.7

9.3

10.8

10.2

7.7

5.9

Florida

8.5

8.8

10.3

8.9

7.7

7.8

 
East South Central:

Kentucky

8.6

9.6

7.2

9.7

7.4

5.9

Tennessee

8.3

7.5

8.9

9.4

7.2

7.0

Alabama

7.7

8.1

8.1

9.3

6.1

5.6

Mississippi

8.6

11.7

8.3

8.7

7.0

9.2

 
West South Central

Arkansas

8.6

6.6

9.3

9.0

6.7

9.3

Louisiana

8.0

8.8

5.7

*

9.7

5.9

7.0

Oklahoma

9.8

12.1

9.0

12.3

8.4

6.2

Texas

8.6

5.5

10.5

9.2

7.8

8.3

 
Mountain:

Idaho

10.0

11.6

13.4

10.6

8.7

7.7

Colorado

7.8

10.9

7.6

9.2

5.2

6.9

Arizona

8.1

9.1

8.3

9.7

5.6

6.6

Utah

8.4

9.6

9.7

10.2

7.6

5.8

Nevada

10.5

9.7

7.8

13.0

8.8

8.1

 
Pacific:

Washington

7.7

6.1

9.6

9.7

7.2

5.2

Oregon

9.0

11.8

8.1

9.6

6.8

8.8

California

9.1

10.1

9.1

10.7

7.0

9.1

Alaska

9.5

11.3

8.2

*

10.3

7.9

8.6

Hawaii

5.1

3.9

2.8

*

6.0

5.1

3.7

 

States not shown separately

7.7

6.9

8.5

8.5

8.6

5.8

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2001 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

**The definition of industry groupings changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.

 

Table V.A.2.g(2001) Standard error for average length of waiting period (in weeks) before new employees were eligible for health insurance at private-
sector establishments that offer health insurance by industry groupings** and State: United States, 2001 (42 States are shown separately)
 

Division and State

Total

Agri, fish., forestry
 and construction

Mining and
 manufacturing

Retail,
 other services
 and unknown

Professional
 services

All others

 

United States

0.09

0.26

0.22

0.16

0.16

0.25

 
New England:

Maine

0.47

0.75

1.02

0.63

0.55

1.08

*

Rhode Island

0.31

2.16

0.68

0.49

0.95

0.78

Vermont

0.26

1.34

1.64

*

0.80

0.48

0.80

Massachusetts

0.45

1.42

0.66

0.87

0.65

0.80

Connecticut

0.41

2.27

*

0.80

0.46

0.94

0.53

 
Middle Atlantic:

New York

0.47

2.06

1.46

0.58

0.59

1.15

New Jersey

0.59

2.59

1.68

1.16

1.08

0.85

Pennsylvania

0.40

0.88

0.57

0.59

0.91

0.65

 
East North Central:

Ohio

0.38

0.97

0.88

0.67

1.00

0.73

Indiana

0.34

1.43

0.64

0.65

0.75

0.97

Illinois

0.42

1.24

1.20

0.65

0.68

0.71

Michigan

0.47

1.69

0.99

0.97

0.58

1.05

Wisconsin

0.32

1.14

0.69

0.47

0.89

0.77

 
West North Central:

Minnesota

0.28

0.83

0.67

0.70

0.94

0.73

Iowa

0.47

1.21

2.04

0.45

1.84

1.00

Missouri

0.76

2.57

1.98

1.07

0.98

0.80

 
South Atlantic:

Delaware

0.67

1.33

1.95

1.20

1.02

1.29

Maryland

0.67

1.74

1.79

0.93

0.81

1.44

District of Columbia

0.51

2.90

*

1.15

*

0.82

0.65

1.05

Virginia

0.47

1.15

1.24

0.84

0.76

1.27

North Carolina

0.60

2.39

*

0.45

0.59

1.15

1.01

South Carolina

0.61

1.60

1.41

1.15

1.03

1.80

Georgia

0.53

2.41

1.93

1.02

1.14

1.16

Florida

0.38

1.42

1.01

0.65

0.71

1.02

 
East South Central:

Kentucky

0.46

2.64

1.42

0.74

0.94

0.76

Tennessee

0.46

1.56

0.98

1.03

0.85

1.43

Alabama

0.55

1.71

1.48

1.04

1.35

1.22

Mississippi

0.65

2.77

1.50

0.84

0.93

1.04

 
West South Central:

Arkansas

0.59

1.28

1.13

1.00

0.65

1.34

Louisiana

0.78

2.41

1.74

*

1.49

1.35

0.91

Oklahoma

0.50

1.58

1.99

1.34

0.74

1.50

Texas

0.24

1.41

1.34

0.53

0.66

0.53

 
Mountain:

Idaho

0.66

2.45

2.21

0.90

1.43

0.88

Colorado

0.78

1.42

1.11

1.27

0.74

1.27

Arizona

0.53

1.27

1.37

1.07

0.37

1.13

Utah

0.54

2.22

1.70

1.32

1.36

1.11

Nevada

0.39

1.76

0.89

0.71

0.67

1.15

 
Pacific:

Washington

0.65

1.04

1.51

1.10

1.51

0.91

Oregon

0.56

1.37

1.44

0.59

1.39

1.73

California

0.37

0.82

0.67

0.61

0.50

1.12

Alaska

0.51

2.54

2.63

*

0.70

0.97

0.86

Hawaii

0.52

0.63

0.83

*

1.06

1.02

0.41

 

States not shown separately

0.48

0.79

1.07

0.54

1.07

0.68

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2001 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component

*Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

**The definition of industry groupings changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.