Table VI.A.2.g(2011) 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, 2011

Division and State	Total	Ownership			Age of firm
		For profit, incorporated	For profit, unincorporated	Nonprofit	Less than 5 years	5 or more years
United States	8.1	8.6	7.6	5.9	6.5	8.3
New England:
Connecticut	7.8	7.9	7.6	7.4	7.8 *	7.8
Maine	7.3	7.4	7.5 *	6.8	7.8	7.3
Massachusetts	7.1	7.8	7.7	1.9	4.9	7.4
New Hampshire	7.9	8.6	6.8	5.3	4.2	8.1
Rhode Island	6.9	7.2	7.4	4.6	2.6 *	7.3
Vermont	6.5	7.6	5.2	3.5	8.7	6.2
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey	8.1	7.7	8.3	10.6	6.9	8.2
New York	7.0	7.1	7.6	5.4	4.2	7.3
Pennsylvania	7.2	8.1	5.8	4.5	5.5	7.4
East North Central:
Illinois	7.5	8.4	5.3	3.8	5.9	7.7
Indiana	7.7	8.1	6.8	6.6 *	3.9	8.0
Michigan	7.4	7.6	6.1	8.7	5.7 *	7.6
Ohio	7.6	8.2	6.1	4.7 *	4.2	7.8
Wisconsin	8.0	8.8	6.1	5.0	7.7	8.1
West North Central:
Iowa	6.9	7.4	5.5	6.3 *	5.1 *	7.0
Kansas	7.6	8.3	6.3	5.2	3.7	7.8
Minnesota	6.3	6.8	5.0	3.7	5.3	6.3
Missouri	9.6	9.9	8.4	8.9	6.4	9.8
Nebraska	7.0	7.7	4.7	5.9	6.0 *	7.0
North Dakota	6.4	7.4	4.8 *	3.6	10.1	6.1
South Dakota	7.4	8.0	6.1 *	6.1	7.9	7.3
South Atlantic:
Delaware	8.3	9.3	5.7	5.1	6.7	8.5
District of Columbia	4.9	5.1	5.9	3.6	4.2 *	5.0
Florida	8.4	8.9	5.9	6.6	6.7	8.6
Georgia	8.7	8.8	8.5	7.4	9.1	8.6
Maryland	7.3	7.7	7.8	2.9	6.6 *	7.3
North Carolina	8.0	8.3	9.1 *	4.7	9.7	7.9
South Carolina	9.9	10.2	9.6	8.7	6.6	10.3
Virginia	8.1	9.0	6.1	4.1 *	7.9 *	8.2
West Virginia	8.7	8.9	10.0	6.2	8.3	8.7
East South Central:
Alabama	7.7	8.2	7.6	4.1	5.8	7.8
Kentucky	8.6	8.4	8.7	9.7	7.4	8.7
Mississippi	8.9	9.7	5.5	8.1	10.9	8.8
Tennessee	8.7	9.3	8.7	5.1	5.9	9.0
West South Central:
Arkansas	11.0	11.9	8.8	7.6 *	11.1	11.0
Louisiana	8.5	9.1	7.5	3.8	8.0	8.6
Oklahoma	9.5	9.5	9.9	8.5	13.9	9.0
Texas	8.2	8.4	8.5	6.2	7.3	8.3
Mountain:
Arizona	8.7	8.9	8.3	7.3	7.0	8.9
Colorado	8.8	9.0	9.5	6.1 *	6.8 *	9.0
Idaho	10.4	10.7	9.9	9.5 *	12.0	10.3
Montana	10.0	10.6	11.0	5.5	9.9 *	10.0
Nevada	10.5	10.7	10.5	8.1 *	10.6	10.5
New Mexico	9.1	9.8	7.7	6.3	6.4 *	9.2
Utah	7.8	8.4	5.5	7.6	6.1	8.0
Wyoming	9.9	10.5	9.0	7.2	10.4	9.8
Pacific:
Alaska	9.1	10.1	7.1	7.6 *	6.0 *	9.4
California	9.5	9.8	8.8	7.6	7.0	9.8
Hawaii	4.5	4.7	4.4	3.0	4.9	4.4
Oregon	9.1	9.0	9.7	8.7	4.3	9.6
Washington	8.3	8.7	8.3	5.1	8.0	8.3
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2011 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 VI.A.2.g(2011) 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, 2011

Division and State	Total	Ownership			Age of firm
		For profit, incorporated	For profit, unincorporated	Nonprofit	Less than 5 years	5 or more years
United States	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.1
New England:
Connecticut	0.7	0.7	1.1	1.8	3.0 *	0.6
Maine	0.4	0.2	2.7 *	0.7	1.7	0.4
Massachusetts	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.4	1.1	0.6
New Hampshire	0.5	0.4	1.8	0.6	1.2	0.5
Rhode Island	0.3	0.4	1.2	1.0	1.8 *	0.4
Vermont	0.3	0.9	0.9	0.9	1.6	0.4
Middle Atlantic:
New Jersey	0.7	0.8	1.4	1.5	1.9	0.8
New York	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.4	1.0	0.5
Pennsylvania	0.4	0.3	0.9	0.5	1.1	0.4
East North Central:
Illinois	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.1	1.4	0.3
Indiana	0.4	0.5	1.3	2.2 *	1.1	0.5
Michigan	0.6	0.6	1.6	1.5	1.8 *	0.6
Ohio	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.6 *	1.1	0.4
Wisconsin	0.5	0.6	1.4	1.5	2.1	0.5
West North Central:
Iowa	0.5	0.6	1.1	2.1 *	2.5 *	0.5
Kansas	0.3	0.5	1.6	1.4	1.0	0.4
Minnesota	0.5	0.6	1.1	0.7	1.4	0.5
Missouri	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.2	1.4	0.6
Nebraska	0.5	0.6	1.2	1.1	2.6 *	0.5
North Dakota	0.6	0.6	1.8 *	0.8	3.0	0.4
South Dakota	0.5	0.6	2.5 *	0.6	2.0	0.6
South Atlantic:
Delaware	0.6	0.7	1.2	0.9	1.4	0.6
District of Columbia	0.3	0.4	0.9	0.6	2.6 *	0.4
Florida	0.4	0.5	1.0	1.3	1.2	0.4
Georgia	0.5	0.5	2.3	1.2	1.8	0.6
Maryland	0.4	0.6	1.3	0.7	2.3 *	0.5
North Carolina	0.5	0.6	2.8 *	1.0	2.3	0.6
South Carolina	0.5	0.6	1.6	1.7	1.1	0.5
Virginia	0.5	0.7	1.1	1.5 *	2.4 *	0.6
West Virginia	0.4	0.4	1.4	0.9	1.7	0.4
East South Central:
Alabama	0.3	0.4	1.0	1.1	1.4	0.3
Kentucky	0.6	0.6	1.8	1.9	1.4	0.5
Mississippi	0.6	0.6	1.1	1.6	3.1	0.5
Tennessee	0.3	0.5	0.9	1.0	1.6	0.4
West South Central:
Arkansas	0.6	0.8	2.0	3.0 *	3.3	0.7
Louisiana	0.5	0.5	1.5	1.0	2.2	0.6
Oklahoma	0.5	0.6	2.0	2.0	3.0	0.5
Texas	0.2	0.4	0.7	0.9	1.3	0.2
Mountain:
Arizona	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.8	1.9	0.6
Colorado	0.6	0.6	1.3	2.4 *	2.1 *	0.7
Idaho	0.7	0.6	2.4	3.1 *	3.4	0.6
Montana	1.1	1.2	2.1	1.5	3.3 *	1.0
Nevada	0.4	0.6	0.9	2.5 *	2.0	0.4
New Mexico	0.5	0.6	0.5	1.3	2.4 *	0.5
Utah	0.4	0.5	0.8	1.6	1.5	0.5
Wyoming	0.8	0.7	1.8	1.9	3.0	0.7
Pacific:
Alaska	0.6	0.9	1.5	2.5 *	2.7 *	0.5
California	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.3
Hawaii	0.2	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.8	0.2
Oregon	0.4	0.7	1.7	1.3	1.1	0.4
Washington	0.4	0.5	1.6	1.0	1.8	0.4
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2011 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.