Table VII.A.2.f(2000) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2000 (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

73.6%

73.9%

72.2%

73.5%

73.6%

71.6%

79.9%

New England:

Massachusetts

54.8%

54.1%

49.0%

68.4%

77.0%

44.6%

75.6%

New Hampshire

75.6%

77.9%

68.6%

72.1%

67.0%

74.9%

87.6%

Connecticut

76.5%

72.9%

79.4%

89.6%

69.1%

78.6%

75.7%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

69.7%

70.3%

71.2%

61.1%

75.9%

65.5%

78.7%

New Jersey

69.7%

68.6%

72.9%

73.8%

76.9%

70.8%

58.9%

Pennsylvania

67.0%

68.0%

67.5%

60.9%

59.1%

65.7%

82.1%

East North Central:

Ohio

76.2%

77.6%

71.2%

73.5%

71.4%

74.7%

86.0%

Indiana

78.7%

79.2%

74.2%

79.7%

79.6%

75.7%

85.9%

Illinois

69.4%

68.9%

69.5%

72.4%

73.9%

66.1%

74.7%

Michigan

71.9%

73.4%

73.6%

60.4%

75.4%

68.0%

81.8%

Wisconsin

73.2%

72.5%

71.8%

77.8%

72.2%

72.0%

79.7%

West North Central:

Minnesota

76.9%

77.2%

80.3%

71.6%

68.5%

78.4%

82.1%

Iowa

72.2%

72.6%

67.8%

74.3%

69.0%

70.2%

83.6%

Missouri

76.3%

77.3%

75.5%

71.7%

73.4%

75.8%

82.3%

Nebraska

70.4%

73.1%

65.7%

62.1%

54.8%

72.1%

96.9%

Kansas

69.9%

69.4%

68.4%

73.4%

61.4%

73.8%

72.8%

North Dakota

53.0%

56.2%

61.6%

36.3%

42.1%

56.4%

74.1%

South Dakota

66.5%

68.0%

60.9%

66.3%

55.2%

68.9%

86.3%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

72.0%

73.3%

66.9%

70.7%

67.6%

68.2%

83.7%

Virginia

74.5%

72.5%

81.2%

77.1%

69.9%

70.2%

89.7%

West Virginia

72.3%

75.2%

66.2%

58.0%

70.8%

69.2%

79.8%

North Carolina

78.2%

78.0%

76.8%

81.2%

73.5%

75.3%

88.3%

South Carolina

73.5%

69.4%

84.3%

91.8%

66.5%

75.2%

79.6%

Georgia

76.9%

77.7%

71.3%

77.6%

73.9%

79.5%

74.2%

Florida

74.7%

75.5%

69.8%

75.8%

74.1%

74.1%

77.3%

East South Central:

Kentucky

73.3%

70.9%

77.3%

78.2%

72.6%

68.6%

84.2%

Tennessee

80.1%

78.1%

84.3%

87.8%

88.2%

81.3%

72.6%

Alabama

69.8%

69.1%

66.2%

85.7%

72.7%

64.5%

80.6%

Mississippi

66.4%

71.2%

42.4%

*

69.3%

57.0%

71.7%

69.2%

West South Central:

Arkansas

76.1%

75.0%

80.6%

78.5%

78.8%

68.0%

87.0%

Louisiana

71.5%

73.4%

53.0%

85.1%

77.4%

68.1%

70.8%

Oklahoma

76.4%

80.7%

72.6%

53.4%

65.0%

75.4%

90.6%

Texas

80.0%

79.3%

81.0%

84.4%

83.6%

77.7%

82.3%

Mountain:

Colorado

73.4%

72.8%

71.8%

83.0%

83.6%

67.2%

85.7%

New Mexico

80.9%

82.4%

80.3%

72.0%

79.5%

82.3%

78.8%

Arizona

79.0%

79.4%

79.0%

75.3%

80.3%

74.8%

93.3%

Utah

80.3%

81.4%

72.4%

83.0%

84.5%

85.2%

65.6%

Pacific:

Washington

75.2%

76.5%

71.0%

74.2%

76.0%

76.0%

68.7%

Oregon

79.9%

81.0%

73.3%

81.0%

75.0%

82.2%

77.0%

California

77.4%

78.5%

76.7%

71.7%

81.6%

76.0%

78.4%

States not shown separately

73.0%

72.5%

72.1%

76.7%

70.3%

72.2%

81.2%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 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.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix for details.

 

 

Table VII.A.2.f(2000) 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 proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2000 (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

0.59%

0.57%

1.17%

1.07%

0.71%

0.69%

1.43%

New England:

Massachusetts

2.63%

4.19%

7.60%

8.06%

6.02%

3.86%

8.41%

New Hampshire

2.61%

2.08%

8.56%

7.94%

6.70%

2.67%

7.55%

Connecticut

2.12%

3.00%

5.52%

3.98%

5.08%

2.29%

8.29%

Middle Atlantic:

New York

1.70%

2.16%

5.16%

8.08%

4.69%

2.34%

6.73%

New Jersey

3.39%

3.55%

8.80%

12.38%

7.66%

3.59%

9.86%

Pennsylvania

2.36%

2.64%

7.61%

5.29%

5.59%

3.18%

5.05%

East North Central:

Ohio

2.41%

2.22%

6.40%

6.83%

3.92%

2.17%

8.92%

Indiana

2.14%

2.64%

9.28%

5.64%

3.65%

4.73%

6.24%

Illinois

2.59%

2.99%

7.13%

6.87%

5.72%

2.80%

7.42%

Michigan

4.12%

4.92%

6.87%

8.81%

3.95%

4.32%

8.43%

Wisconsin

2.04%

2.10%

6.66%

4.56%

3.64%

2.68%

4.56%

West North Central:

Minnesota

2.41%

4.29%

6.76%

7.15%

6.37%

3.51%

8.71%

Iowa

2.68%

2.98%

6.93%

6.58%

5.57%

2.30%

8.51%

Missouri

3.26%

4.35%

5.50%

7.73%

6.47%

3.26%

7.14%

Nebraska

4.12%

4.46%

9.23%

8.51%

4.09%

5.15%

1.55%

Kansas

3.49%

3.02%

9.76%

7.94%

8.17%

3.66%

10.03%

North Dakota

4.07%

5.61%

8.59%

6.88%

5.86%

5.12%

8.15%

South Dakota

3.43%

4.61%

5.96%

7.79%

5.43%

4.36%

7.05%

South Atlantic:

Maryland

2.81%

3.75%

7.14%

7.98%

9.38%

2.81%

7.97%

Virginia

2.12%

2.68%

5.53%

10.18%

5.74%

3.45%

2.62%

West Virginia

4.17%

4.05%

8.83%

10.66%

5.42%

6.50%

7.77%

North Carolina

2.08%

2.10%

9.12%

8.56%

6.29%

2.83%

9.58%

South Carolina

3.77%

4.33%

5.07%

10.87%

8.12%

4.43%

6.98%

Georgia

3.62%

4.22%

11.57%

9.75%

9.05%

4.70%

4.96%

Florida

2.36%

1.97%

9.20%

11.41%

7.44%

2.93%

7.02%

East South Central:

Kentucky

3.74%

4.44%

8.10%

10.29%

4.95%

4.87%

5.05%

Tennessee

2.38%

3.00%

5.96%

10.70%

3.55%

2.71%

6.78%

Alabama

3.21%

3.64%

10.76%

5.14%

4.01%

5.04%

10.96%

Mississippi

4.24%

3.64%

13.28%

*

11.32%

7.13%

6.04%

7.70%

West South Central:

Arkansas

1.56%

1.77%

4.54%

5.26%

3.50%

3.36%

2.72%

Louisiana

2.77%

2.86%

12.02%

13.61%

7.30%

5.08%

9.02%

Oklahoma

3.21%

2.96%

11.13%

12.66%

8.37%

3.93%

9.63%

Texas

2.53%

2.38%

5.77%

5.69%

2.95%

2.60%

5.40%

Mountain:

Colorado

2.03%

2.50%

6.72%

9.08%

7.70%

4.30%

5.85%

New Mexico

2.55%

2.30%

10.08%

8.92%

5.22%

3.39%

6.84%

Arizona

4.15%

4.25%

11.38%

9.86%

5.67%

4.03%

5.49%

Utah

3.33%

3.96%

7.05%

10.26%

5.79%

4.22%

6.89%

Pacific:

Washington

3.99%

4.76%

6.07%

9.62%

9.80%

4.39%

9.01%

Oregon

3.06%

2.96%

10.66%

7.27%

4.94%

3.06%

8.82%

California

1.49%

1.23%

4.73%

6.07%

2.25%

1.42%

4.71%

States not shown separately

2.09%

2.23%

6.73%

6.66%

4.18%

2.80%

4.81%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies. 2000 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.

** The definition of low-wage employees changed in 2000. These data are not comparable to prior year's estimates. See Technical Appendix for details.