Table VII.A.2(1999) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

 

Percent Full-Time Employees

Percent Low-Wage Employees

Division and State

Total

75% or more

50-74%

less than 50%

50% or more

less than 50%

Unknown

United States

58.4%

64.8%

56.5%

37.4%

33.5%

58.8%

76.9%

New England:

Maine

52.0%

64.4%

50.1%

22.2%

17.4%

*

55.2%

84.7%

Massachusetts

65.7%

71.1%

73.0%

43.3%

52.3%

65.2%

74.1%

Connecticut

64.8%

78.7%

44.0%

37.8%

22.2%

*

65.5%

79.9%

Rhode Island

64.1%

72.4%

62.2%

38.6%

31.9%

66.6%

70.0%

Vermont

60.2%

64.2%

78.0%

31.3%

27.6%

*

61.3%

78.6%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

59.7%

64.7%

63.5%

37.8%

37.5%

61.7%

67.3%

New Jersey

62.5%

68.9%

63.2%

34.1%

33.0%

*

64.2%

76.5%

Pennsylvania

64.0%

72.5%

68.0%

38.1%

39.4%

67.0%

73.2%

East North Central:

Ohio

64.2%

74.2%

62.2%

39.4%

43.6%

63.6%

84.1%

Indiana

56.7%

60.9%

60.9%

38.9%

34.4%

56.0%

79.2%

Illinois

60.0%

66.1%

55.6%

39.4%

32.9%

62.2%

70.7%

Michigan

66.7%

74.6%

56.7%

50.6%

31.2%

69.7%

84.5%

Wisconsin

61.4%

70.6%

59.3%

37.2%

36.6%

61.8%

79.5%

West North Central:

Minnesota

55.8%

60.6%

60.5%

41.6%

39.5%

56.7%

63.8%

Iowa

50.7%

57.5%

60.7%

29.8%

35.2%

51.9%

63.7%

Missouri

52.8%

60.4%

45.5%

33.9%

29.8%

53.3%

75.9%

Nebraska

50.7%

58.2%

56.1%

29.7%

47.8%

49.4%

60.3%

Kansas

58.1%

65.1%

57.3%

38.9%

33.6%

59.9%

76.6%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

67.3%

74.2%

65.7%

46.2%

48.5%

66.8%

81.6%

Virginia

60.4%

63.3%

62.5%

45.6%

34.4%

59.4%

82.0%

North Carolina

57.3%

60.4%

61.6%

46.0%

41.9%

57.6%

70.4%

South Carolina

58.5%

61.9%

55.3%

43.8%

42.6%

58.8%

70.5%

Georgia

54.9%

59.9%

44.0%

36.5%

31.5%

*

52.7%

81.2%

Florida

58.1%

62.3%

54.5%

40.5%

31.7%

57.7%

74.6%

East South Central:

Kentucky

55.1%

61.7%

54.4%

37.3%

22.3%

58.1%

78.0%

Tennessee

55.5%

57.3%

49.1%

53.8%

39.0%

52.0%

78.4%

Alabama

64.0%

71.5%

53.4%

39.9%

39.6%

64.5%

85.3%

Mississippi

48.8%

56.3%

51.1%

25.7%

26.4%

50.0%

76.0%

West South Central:

Arkansas

43.9%

48.8%

43.8%

24.2%

25.2%

44.1%

71.1%

Louisiana

51.3%

58.4%

40.6%

29.3%

27.4%

52.1%

77.3%

Oklahoma

50.1%

55.0%

44.1%

33.5%

40.3%

47.6%

73.4%

Texas

52.6%

56.8%

48.4%

37.0%

23.0%

51.5%

79.4%

Mountain:

Colorado

58.3%

65.5%

50.6%

35.8%

33.5%

*

57.9%

77.5%

Arizona

58.8%

64.1%

48.8%

41.7%

36.0%

54.9%

89.5%

Nevada

61.3%

67.7%

63.1%

35.7%

25.4%

60.0%

86.0%

Montana

42.9%

49.5%

44.5%

21.9%

29.2%

45.1%

58.2%

Pacific:

Washington

57.7%

68.7%

51.0%

30.4%

33.6%

55.9%

82.5%

Oregon

57.1%

67.5%

62.0%

24.6%

34.4%

*

54.5%

76.3%

California

58.0%

66.5%

54.2%

29.5%

25.5%

57.9%

79.2%

Hawaii

90.7%

93.4%

94.4%

74.3%

77.7%

91.5%

96.1%

States not shown separately

53.4%

60.0%

48.8%

35.8%

31.5%

52.8%

82.1%

 

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 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.

 

 

Table VII.A.2(1999) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 1999 (40 States are shown separately)

 

Percent Full-Time Employees

Percent Low-Wage Employees

Division and State

Total

75% or more

50-74%

less than 50%

50% or more

less than 50%

Unknown

United States

0.41%

0.45%

0.92%

0.82%

1.27%

0.39%

0.91%

New England:

Maine

3.35%

2.94%

5.42%

4.60%

5.57%

*

2.89%

4.93%

Massachusetts

1.97%

2.46%

3.23%

2.18%

5.18%

1.87%

6.32%

Connecticut

3.72%

2.85%

6.12%

5.70%

12.97%

*

4.21%

4.88%

Rhode Island

2.70%

2.67%

7.42%

2.99%

9.46%

3.06%

8.87%

Vermont

3.06%

3.25%

6.85%

3.35%

9.61%

*

3.30%

5.57%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

0.97%

1.97%

5.36%

3.09%

5.58%

1.12%

4.37%

New Jersey

3.16%

3.60%

8.46%

4.49%

10.12%

*

3.62%

6.59%

Pennsylvania

1.12%

2.70%

4.64%

2.60%

5.62%

2.16%

4.61%

East North Central:

Ohio

1.68%

2.75%

5.50%

4.20%

5.71%

1.63%

2.95%

Indiana

2.65%

2.88%

7.32%

5.38%

5.95%

3.37%

4.59%

Illinois

1.58%

2.63%

5.75%

4.16%

5.23%

2.11%

5.46%

Michigan

2.20%

3.23%

7.77%

8.00%

6.43%

2.29%

5.26%

Wisconsin

2.01%

3.97%

8.08%

4.71%

10.47%

2.94%

4.50%

West North Central:

Minnesota

2.37%

2.48%

4.17%

4.23%

9.49%

2.48%

6.68%

Iowa

2.02%

2.72%

5.16%

3.90%

6.79%

2.44%

6.79%

Missouri

2.18%

2.57%

8.55%

5.66%

5.93%

1.74%

5.52%

Nebraska

2.02%

2.92%

8.69%

7.59%

7.10%

1.92%

6.44%

Kansas

1.40%

1.87%

5.46%

4.98%

4.69%

1.40%

4.32%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

2.32%

3.26%

4.74%

6.93%

11.72%

2.83%

7.03%

Virginia

2.31%

3.51%

4.31%

3.18%

5.80%

3.39%

4.95%

North Carolina

2.35%

3.29%

7.05%

7.19%

7.25%

3.08%

6.06%

South Carolina

2.08%

2.44%

5.45%

8.79%

5.94%

2.42%

4.28%

Georgia

2.63%

2.39%

5.35%

6.57%

10.55%

*

2.79%

5.26%

Florida

2.03%

2.24%

5.42%

5.87%

6.56%

2.26%

4.90%

East South Central:

Kentucky

2.73%

1.77%

9.02%

5.20%

5.88%

3.27%

4.14%

Tennessee

1.50%

2.45%

6.88%

8.01%

4.78%

2.57%

7.15%

Alabama

2.12%

2.44%

8.42%

5.56%

4.18%

2.50%

4.38%

Mississippi

1.37%

2.12%

7.12%

5.23%

4.32%

2.01%

5.72%

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.35%

3.24%

7.21%

4.86%

3.75%

3.08%

4.82%

Louisiana

1.80%

2.65%

6.49%

5.10%

5.51%

2.81%

4.78%

Oklahoma

1.23%

2.10%

5.55%

3.97%

5.61%

2.89%

6.43%

Texas

1.43%

1.94%

3.52%

4.94%

2.67%

1.59%

1.98%

Mountain:

Colorado

2.63%

2.25%

9.73%

5.60%

11.23%

*

2.83%

5.98%

Arizona

1.83%

3.22%

5.34%

6.25%

7.49%

2.61%

2.89%

Nevada

2.71%

3.36%

10.38%

5.80%

6.73%

2.59%

4.81%

Montana

3.28%

4.11%

7.33%

3.89%

6.58%

3.92%

5.93%

Pacific:

Washington

2.59%

2.86%

5.31%

4.94%

9.06%

2.89%

5.08%

Oregon

2.23%

2.90%

6.24%

3.06%

11.25%

*

2.69%

4.77%

California

0.95%

1.30%

2.38%

2.30%

4.07%

1.47%

2.35%

Hawaii

1.06%

1.15%

3.44%

4.83%

4.70%

1.26%

3.10%

States not shown separately

1.18%

1.11%

3.45%

4.63%

4.34%

1.61%

2.85%

 

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 1999 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.