Table VII.A.2.f(2006) 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, 2006

 

 

 

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%

  

 

United States

73.8%

73.9%

75.6%

71.3%

78.1%

72.5%

 

New England:

Connecticut

74.1%

82.3%

84.3%

34.0%

*

88.5%

72.0%

Maine

78.4%

78.9%

77.3%

77.4%

82.2%

77.5%

Massachusetts

61.9%

64.1%

57.3%

56.0%

70.7%

60.4%

New Hampshire

72.8%

72.2%

73.0%

75.3%

89.6%

67.6%

Rhode Island

66.8%

65.1%

70.4%

72.5%

80.8%

63.6%

Vermont

69.7%

73.4%

51.7%

69.7%

70.4%

69.5%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

70.0%

67.4%

76.7%

82.0%

70.1%

70.0%

New York

65.4%

65.5%

69.9%

57.3%

63.2%

65.9%

Pennsylvania

69.9%

72.1%

64.2%

64.1%

68.0%

70.4%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

72.5%

74.7%

64.2%

66.0%

75.1%

71.7%

Indiana

77.6%

80.2%

75.9%

65.6%

74.0%

79.1%

Michigan

73.7%

76.5%

63.3%

71.9%

82.8%

70.6%

Ohio

71.5%

69.8%

81.4%

70.4%

75.6%

69.9%

Wisconsin

74.0%

76.9%

73.9%

63.7%

77.3%

72.9%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

72.8%

75.1%

74.6%

57.6%

67.6%

74.9%

Kansas

71.8%

71.8%

77.4%

65.4%

64.6%

75.9%

Minnesota

76.3%

75.5%

86.7%

70.2%

83.7%

73.9%

Missouri

72.2%

72.0%

78.7%

66.8%

78.8%

69.4%

Nebraska

70.0%

73.7%

54.5%

70.7%

71.6%

69.4%

North Dakota

62.8%

61.8%

70.7%

54.0%

58.5%

64.3%

South Dakota

74.2%

72.9%

78.5%

76.4%

68.8%

76.9%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

71.2%

69.7%

75.6%

75.0%

83.7%

67.4%

District of Columbia

66.3%

65.3%

72.6%

69.0%

88.6%

62.0%

Florida

76.6%

74.7%

84.5%

81.8%

81.0%

75.2%

Georgia

75.0%

73.5%

99.8%

69.1%

83.5%

72.2%

Maryland

71.2%

71.7%

72.6%

66.4%

81.6%

68.1%

North Carolina

74.4%

74.1%

75.4%

75.0%

85.2%

70.7%

South Carolina

79.1%

79.0%

84.5%

74.5%

72.3%

82.7%

Virginia

77.3%

77.9%

75.9%

74.2%

89.1%

72.8%

West Virginia

80.2%

79.6%

68.3%

91.5%

83.5%

77.6%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

69.3%

66.1%

76.7%

84.6%

79.4%

62.4%

Kentucky

75.9%

72.9%

82.3%

83.2%

78.2%

74.5%

Mississippi

77.5%

75.8%

84.2%

81.3%

85.5%

72.7%

Tennessee

80.3%

83.0%

65.6%

72.7%

79.0%

80.9%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

76.8%

78.4%

69.7%

72.2%

76.2%

77.3%

Louisiana

80.8%

80.0%

73.1%

92.6%

80.9%

80.7%

Oklahoma

79.7%

76.7%

96.7%

82.6%

87.4%

75.9%

Texas

73.8%

72.5%

82.2%

73.3%

82.7%

70.3%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

80.6%

78.5%

89.3%

82.5%

90.1%

77.3%

Colorado

70.5%

69.8%

80.4%

64.5%

62.9%

73.2%

Idaho

74.5%

74.9%

79.9%

68.1%

74.0%

74.7%

Montana

78.0%

79.1%

75.1%

75.9%

74.7%

79.7%

Nevada

86.9%

83.5%

94.8%

97.2%

92.6%

84.4%

New Mexico

76.6%

76.9%

66.2%

82.6%

81.9%

74.2%

Utah

77.1%

78.3%

85.1%

61.3%

85.6%

74.9%

Wyoming

64.1%

60.0%

81.9%

78.8%

72.8%

61.7%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

79.9%

79.1%

89.0%

68.8%

77.7%

80.3%

California

77.6%

77.6%

75.7%

80.8%

81.2%

76.8%

Hawaii

74.1%

70.4%

73.6%

89.2%

75.6%

73.6%

Oregon

77.2%

78.8%

77.2%

68.5%

79.5%

76.6%

Washington

82.3%

81.2%

85.6%

85.6%

90.6%

80.9%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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 IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.

 

Table VII.A.2.f(2006) 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, 2006

 

 

 

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%

  

 

United States

0.43%

0.41%

1.26%

1.71%

1.06%

0.54%

 

New England:

Connecticut

4.03%

2.95%

4.80%

15.34%

*

4.55%

4.31%

Maine

2.56%

3.40%

6.29%

6.29%

5.19%

2.88%

Massachusetts

3.11%

3.52%

8.60%

9.61%

6.73%

3.47%

New Hampshire

3.88%

4.23%

9.41%

7.05%

7.08%

4.70%

Rhode Island

1.72%

2.76%

9.40%

6.98%

5.21%

2.47%

Vermont

2.68%

4.47%

10.32%

8.10%

8.51%

3.46%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.18%

1.84%

9.93%

12.46%

6.47%

2.15%

New York

2.01%

1.96%

6.60%

8.09%

8.03%

2.02%

Pennsylvania

2.93%

4.00%

6.82%

8.88%

5.63%

3.40%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

3.46%

4.24%

9.43%

11.08%

6.46%

4.51%

Indiana

2.03%

2.89%

10.49%

12.36%

5.41%

2.27%

Michigan

4.18%

4.13%

11.47%

5.96%

6.55%

4.94%

Ohio

3.01%

3.26%

8.67%

7.22%

4.41%

3.48%

Wisconsin

2.96%

3.29%

7.33%

8.62%

6.42%

2.47%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

2.28%

3.70%

5.99%

9.61%

5.43%

3.40%

Kansas

4.62%

5.68%

10.02%

9.43%

8.33%

4.37%

Minnesota

4.14%

4.31%

6.77%

10.98%

5.11%

4.35%

Missouri

2.56%

2.98%

5.72%

9.19%

4.11%

3.63%

Nebraska

3.12%

4.71%

10.14%

12.46%

7.47%

4.67%

North Dakota

3.25%

4.79%

9.65%

13.61%

3.81%

5.21%

South Dakota

2.40%

3.47%

9.69%

10.73%

5.38%

3.59%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

3.89%

3.87%

7.44%

11.37%

4.57%

4.37%

District of Columbia

3.18%

2.69%

12.24%

14.97%

10.02%

3.03%

Florida

3.25%

3.20%

8.90%

11.07%

5.05%

3.74%

Georgia

2.82%

3.86%

0.26%

13.15%

4.06%

4.03%

Maryland

4.36%

4.15%

11.45%

10.76%

6.85%

4.35%

North Carolina

3.40%

3.27%

7.87%

6.53%

4.78%

3.74%

South Carolina

3.59%

4.55%

8.44%

13.29%

5.93%

3.95%

Virginia

2.38%

3.02%

10.11%

7.45%

2.65%

3.38%

West Virginia

2.33%

2.79%

12.82%

3.63%

3.47%

3.48%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

3.39%

4.75%

7.64%

13.02%

5.64%

2.99%

Kentucky

2.35%

1.85%

10.76%

5.41%

2.76%

2.61%

Mississippi

3.34%

3.16%

10.78%

15.86%

6.13%

4.29%

Tennessee

2.98%

2.87%

11.60%

13.16%

5.74%

3.82%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

4.08%

4.97%

12.95%

13.32%

6.27%

5.14%

Louisiana

2.14%

3.23%

10.75%

3.64%

3.33%

2.80%

Oklahoma

4.73%

5.21%

1.42%

10.29%

3.04%

6.54%

Texas

2.23%

2.95%

6.45%

5.35%

3.46%

2.83%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

4.57%

5.28%

4.65%

5.51%

2.01%

5.59%

Colorado

3.82%

3.49%

8.20%

12.41%

9.98%

2.69%

Idaho

2.96%

3.35%

15.02%

10.53%

6.53%

3.37%

Montana

2.78%

3.97%

7.46%

7.98%

5.21%

3.21%

Nevada

3.47%

3.71%

4.19%

4.34%

5.52%

3.33%

New Mexico

3.27%

2.86%

13.36%

10.46%

5.66%

3.01%

Utah

2.86%

2.36%

4.66%

11.95%

6.32%

3.07%

Wyoming

6.81%

8.02%

8.20%

12.78%

6.96%

8.78%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

4.04%

3.51%

11.98%

12.76%

14.38%

4.34%

California

2.09%

2.94%

3.35%

3.75%

2.51%

2.48%

Hawaii

2.45%

3.21%

8.12%

5.34%

4.71%

3.32%

Oregon

2.33%

2.27%

6.37%

8.00%

4.47%

2.57%

Washington

2.40%

2.75%

10.02%

10.38%

4.31%

3.27%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 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 IC data prior to 2000. See Technical Appendix for details.