Table VI.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 ownership type and age of firm and State: United States, 2001 (42 States are shown separately)

Ownership Type

Age of Firm

Division and State

Total

For profit
 Incorporated

For profit
 Unincorporated

Nonprofit

Unknown

Less than
 5 years

5 or more
 years

Unknown

 

United States

7.9

8.3

7.1

6.1

9.2

6.3

7.9

9.2

New England:

Maine

7.2

7.9

5.9

6.7

2.4

*

3.5

7.3

8.8

Rhode Island

6.3

6.5

6.5

4.6

8.7

8.4

5.9

8.2

Vermont

6.5

7.2

5.3

*

3.9

*

8.7

4.9

6.6

7.3

Massachusetts

6.8

7.1

7.1

*

3.5

9.3

4.7

6.9

8.3

Connecticut

7.0

7.0

7.9

5.3

8.7

6.3

*

7.1

6.9

Middle Atlantic:

New York

7.0

7.1

7.9

5.6

5.7

*

6.0

*

7.1

8.2

New Jersey

8.1

8.4

6.3

7.6

8.0

6.6

8.6

5.4

Pennsylvania

7.7

8.1

7.2

6.1

7.1

4.4

*

7.7

9.1

East North Central:

Ohio

7.4

7.7

7.1

5.2

8.7

*

8.3

7.0

10.0

Indiana

7.5

7.5

6.8

*

7.4

9.2

5.6

7.5

8.3

Illinois

6.9

7.3

5.3

5.3

8.5

4.8

7.1

6.8

Michigan

7.9

8.0

7.3

6.6

12.6

10.1

7.4

9.2

Wisconsin

7.5

8.4

6.1

3.9

7.2

6.3

*

7.5

7.6

West North Central:

Minnesota

7.0

7.7

6.1

*

2.6

12.1

7.2

6.8

7.9

*

Iowa

7.0

8.0

5.1

*

4.0

*

2.2

*

7.8

6.6

9.4

Missouri

8.4

8.6

7.8

*

7.6

*

6.2

7.3

*

7.9

12.9

South Atlantic:

Delaware

8.3

8.5

8.2

6.2

*

10.4

5.3

8.2

10.2

Maryland

7.2

7.6

5.1

4.9

9.5

4.2

6.9

9.7

District of Columbia

6.1

7.5

5.0

3.8

11.3

*

4.1

5.9

8.2

Virginia

7.2

7.6

5.5

4.6

7.9

6.2

6.9

8.7

North Carolina

7.4

7.8

5.2

4.8

10.1

6.2

*

7.3

8.0

South Carolina

8.5

9.4

4.7

5.4

9.0

4.6

8.6

9.6

Georgia

8.7

9.4

5.4

5.3

*

15.1

3.6

*

9.6

6.5

Florida

8.5

8.9

6.4

7.5

6.9

5.5

8.3

11.6

East South Central:

Kentucky

8.6

9.0

7.3

5.2

16.9

11.0

8.2

9.7

Tennessee

8.3

8.8

6.2

7.6

10.4

6.1

7.9

11.0

Alabama

7.7

8.3

7.1

3.3

9.6

8.2

7.2

9.3

Mississippi

8.6

9.1

8.9

*

4.7

9.0

8.5

8.5

9.0

West South Central:

Arkansas

8.6

8.9

7.0

8.3

3.7

*

8.6

8.6

8.5

Louisiana

8.0

8.2

8.9

6.0

7.9

10.3

8.1

5.7

Oklahoma

9.8

10.1

9.6

7.5

15.3

7.8

8.9

16.7

Texas

8.6

8.5

8.9

7.5

14.1

6.1

8.4

10.3

Mountain:

Idaho

10.0

10.4

10.1

5.8

12.0

6.1

*

10.3

10.0

Colorado

7.8

7.8

7.6

7.7

9.8

5.2

*

7.8

9.9

Arizona

8.1

8.5

6.9

6.9

*

7.5

*

6.7

8.0

9.9

Utah

8.4

8.3

9.1

7.4

12.8

8.6

8.6

7.0

Nevada

10.5

10.8

8.6

9.9

12.8

13.0

10.3

10.6

Pacific:

Washington

7.7

8.1

7.5

5.2

*

9.2

8.0

7.8

6.6

Oregon

9.0

9.0

9.6

7.9

9.9

*

5.3

*

9.5

9.4

California

9.1

9.7

7.9

7.8

9.5

5.7

9.3

10.1

Alaska

9.5

9.8

10.4

6.8

12.0

*

9.8

*

9.8

7.5

Hawaii

5.1

5.5

3.6

4.2

7.4

*

4.7

5.0

6.1

States not shown separately

7.7

8.5

5.5

5.7

9.7

*

5.5

*

7.7

9.2

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.

 

Table VI.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 ownership type and age of firm and State: United States, 2001 (42 States are shown separately)

Ownership Type

Age of Firm

Division and State

Total

For profit
 Incorporated

For profit
 Unincorporated

Nonprofit

Unknown

Less than
 5 years

5 or more
 years

Unknown

 

United States

0.09

0.10

0.24

0.19

0.38

0.40

0.09

0.26

New England:

Maine

0.47

0.64

1.20

0.86

1.12

*

1.00

0.58

1.52

Rhode Island

0.31

0.35

1.89

0.90

1.83

1.97

0.34

1.02

Vermont

0.26

0.68

2.23

*

1.89

*

1.58

1.28

0.28

0.37

Massachusetts

0.45

0.45

2.51

*

0.41

2.17

0.95

0.54

2.10

Connecticut

0.41

0.41

1.40

0.96

2.48

2.36

*

0.45

1.26

Middle Atlantic:

New York

0.47

0.62

1.13

0.75

3.21

*

2.16

*

0.47

2.06

New Jersey

0.59

0.67

1.84

2.20

2.35

1.10

0.71

1.26

Pennsylvania

0.40

0.50

0.88

0.97

1.13

1.48

*

0.34

1.51

East North Central:

Ohio

0.38

0.34

1.62

0.84

2.92

*

2.46

0.24

1.58

Indiana

0.34

0.55

2.92

*

1.20

2.32

1.22

0.37

1.83

Illinois

0.42

0.44

1.10

0.64

2.12

1.15

0.51

0.65

Michigan

0.47

0.52

1.59

1.20

3.32

2.52

0.35

1.24

Wisconsin

0.32

0.40

1.06

0.58

1.61

2.29

*

0.36

1.30

West North Central:

Minnesota

0.28

0.47

1.85

*

0.51

3.46

1.73

0.38

2.44

*

Iowa

0.47

0.51

1.52

*

1.50

*

0.89

*

2.05

0.53

1.91

Missouri

0.76

0.73

2.40

*

2.28

*

1.80

2.30

*

0.82

2.50

South Atlantic:

Delaware

0.67

0.77

1.25

2.23

*

2.71

1.26

0.83

1.33

Maryland

0.67

0.94

1.29

1.01

2.77

1.13

0.45

1.81

District of Columbia

0.51

0.94

1.38

0.54

3.60

*

1.16

0.64

1.06

Virginia

0.47

0.75

1.50

0.99

1.85

0.89

0.52

0.90

North Carolina

0.60

0.60

1.33

1.04

2.71

2.43

*

0.68

1.37

South Carolina

0.61

0.76

1.34

1.20

1.53

1.30

0.71

1.36

Georgia

0.53

0.56

1.35

2.02

*

4.24

1.15

*

0.59

1.55

Florida

0.38

0.56

1.31

1.21

0.82

1.49

0.45

1.47

East South Central:

Kentucky

0.46

0.51

1.40

1.44

4.04

2.19

0.61

1.51

Tennessee

0.46

0.81

0.95

1.28

3.00

1.20

0.55

1.51

Alabama

0.55

0.59

1.23

0.82

2.23

2.32

0.52

0.96

Mississippi

0.65

0.77

2.71

*

1.05

2.33

1.63

0.80

2.00

West South Central:

Arkansas

0.59

0.68

1.80

1.07

1.18

*

2.39

0.73

1.35

Louisiana

0.78

0.93

1.20

1.01

1.20

2.83

0.84

1.33

Oklahoma

0.50

0.69

2.36

1.56

3.49

1.95

0.57

1.83

Texas

0.24

0.20

1.04

0.96

2.65

0.89

0.29

0.52

Mountain:

Idaho

0.66

0.92

2.05

1.67

3.24

2.50

*

0.62

1.72

Colorado

0.78

0.85

1.39

1.54

1.71

2.28

*

0.62

1.85

Arizona

0.53

0.67

1.62

2.13

*

2.71

*

1.55

0.72

1.97

Utah

0.54

0.52

2.21

1.57

3.28

1.64

0.83

1.47

Nevada

0.39

0.56

2.27

2.21

2.83

2.17

0.43

2.44

Pacific:

Washington

0.65

0.74

2.22

1.85

*

1.87

2.29

0.58

1.71

Oregon

0.56

0.68

2.17

1.40

3.24

*

1.66

*

0.76

1.35

California

0.37

0.64

0.96

0.84

2.40

1.06

0.41

1.05

Alaska

0.51

0.67

1.63

1.30

3.61

*

3.85

*

0.53

1.07

Hawaii

0.52

0.78

0.53

0.52

2.67

*

0.87

0.62

0.70

States not shown separately

0.48

0.50

0.75

0.90

3.25

*

1.71

*

0.43

1.42

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.