Table VII.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 proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2001 (42 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

7.9

7.6

9.0

8.6

8.9

7.2

9.2

New England:

Maine

7.2

6.5

9.1

8.5

9.0

6.2

8.3

Rhode Island

6.3

5.7

6.7

8.7

8.1

5.7

6.8

Vermont

6.5

5.9

8.9

6.9

7.7

6.1

6.7

Massachusetts

6.8

6.2

7.6

8.9

7.4

6.2

9.3

Connecticut

7.0

6.8

7.9

7.5

7.0

7.0

7.5

Middle Atlantic:

New York

7.0

6.7

8.3

7.4

7.1

6.9

8.4

New Jersey

8.1

7.0

12.4

8.4

*

12.6

6.9

8.5

Pennsylvania

7.7

7.4

8.9

7.6

8.7

7.1

8.4

East North Central:

Ohio

7.4

7.0

9.2

8.1

8.6

6.3

9.6

Indiana

7.5

6.8

7.4

10.8

7.5

7.3

7.9

Illinois

6.9

6.5

8.1

7.6

7.0

6.9

6.6

Michigan

7.9

7.2

8.8

10.0

10.0

6.9

7.9

Wisconsin

7.5

7.5

7.0

7.7

6.6

7.4

9.7

West North Central:

Minnesota

7.0

7.0

7.7

6.0

6.3

7.1

7.6

Iowa

7.0

6.7

8.3

7.3

8.0

5.2

10.7

Missouri

8.4

7.9

11.6

8.5

8.9

7.7

10.2

South Atlantic:

Delaware

8.3

8.1

8.2

10.1

9.5

7.2

10.4

Maryland

7.2

7.1

8.5

5.6

8.7

6.0

9.4

District of Columbia

6.1

5.6

9.6

6.4

*

12.5

4.0

9.2

Virginia

7.2

7.2

8.2

5.9

7.4

6.6

8.3

North Carolina

7.4

6.9

8.8

9.0

8.8

6.3

8.1

South Carolina

8.5

8.2

10.5

8.8

*

8.6

8.4

8.9

Georgia

8.7

8.2

10.1

10.1

11.0

8.6

7.2

Florida

8.5

7.8

10.7

11.1

8.8

7.7

10.5

East South Central:

Kentucky

8.6

7.7

12.0

8.1

9.8

7.8

8.3

Tennessee

8.3

8.1

9.3

8.8

*

8.7

7.5

9.8

Alabama

7.7

7.6

6.9

8.7

7.4

7.3

9.2

Mississippi

8.6

8.2

10.6

8.3

8.7

8.5

8.5

West South Central:

Arkansas

8.6

8.4

6.7

11.1

9.0

7.7

10.4

Louisiana

8.0

6.6

12.1

12.4

11.9

6.9

5.9

Oklahoma

9.8

10.2

5.8

*

10.2

9.5

8.2

15.1

Texas

8.6

8.7

7.8

8.1

8.5

8.0

10.0

Mountain:

Idaho

10.0

10.1

10.2

9.6

10.7

9.8

9.7

Colorado

7.8

7.9

8.0

7.0

10.0

7.3

8.7

Arizona

8.1

7.6

12.3

7.8

9.1

7.7

8.2

Utah

8.4

8.0

8.5

10.2

11.6

8.2

5.6

Nevada

10.5

10.4

10.8

11.2

14.0

9.1

11.2

Pacific:

Washington

7.7

7.0

8.8

10.1

11.2

7.1

6.3

Oregon

9.0

8.2

10.3

11.9

12.2

7.6

11.0

California

9.1

8.8

9.9

10.8

11.9

7.9

11.1

Alaska

9.5

9.3

9.8

10.0

11.3

9.5

7.7

Hawaii

5.1

5.4

3.9

4.9

4.7

3.4

11.3

States not shown separately

7.7

7.6

8.7

7.0

7.4

7.1

10.2

 

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.

** 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.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 proportion of employees who are full-time or low-wage and State: United States, 2001 (42 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

0.09

0.11

0.24

0.27

0.23

0.08

0.33

New England:

Maine

0.47

0.59

1.22

1.54

1.17

0.68

1.40

Rhode Island

0.31

0.33

0.50

2.10

1.11

0.53

0.46

Vermont

0.26

0.33

1.52

1.83

1.42

0.46

0.41

Massachusetts

0.45

0.50

1.57

2.29

1.40

0.47

1.39

Connecticut

0.41

0.45

0.69

0.90

1.16

0.57

1.91

Middle Atlantic:

New York

0.47

0.68

1.08

1.16

0.65

0.51

1.74

New Jersey

0.59

0.67

1.91

2.70

*

2.04

0.66

1.84

Pennsylvania

0.40

0.32

1.59

0.93

0.91

0.49

1.00

East North Central:

Ohio

0.38

0.40

1.07

1.55

0.67

0.38

1.24

Indiana

0.34

0.41

0.78

1.12

0.95

0.40

1.19

Illinois

0.42

0.60

1.19

0.77

1.02

0.58

1.02

Michigan

0.47

0.28

1.26

1.50

1.36

0.47

0.78

Wisconsin

0.32

0.44

0.67

0.93

0.63

0.38

1.39

West North Central:

Minnesota

0.28

0.41

0.84

1.01

0.69

0.38

1.97

Iowa

0.47

0.63

1.19

1.57

0.91

0.28

1.90

Missouri

0.76

0.89

1.74

1.94

2.08

0.67

2.08

South Atlantic:

Delaware

0.67

0.84

1.28

2.25

2.25

0.84

1.43

Maryland

0.67

0.66

1.77

1.41

1.68

0.54

1.43

District of Columbia

0.51

0.51

1.96

2.34

*

2.08

0.40

1.07

Virginia

0.47

0.55

1.71

0.85

0.88

0.62

0.56

North Carolina

0.60

0.65

0.98

2.07

1.20

0.68

1.47

South Carolina

0.61

0.62

1.80

3.06

*

1.09

0.63

1.39

Georgia

0.53

0.79

1.58

2.33

1.35

0.85

1.50

Florida

0.38

0.49

1.46

3.12

0.96

0.40

1.15

East South Central:

Kentucky

0.46

0.37

1.77

0.77

0.77

0.85

1.18

Tennessee

0.46

0.50

0.97

2.66

*

0.56

0.70

1.27

Alabama

0.55

0.65

1.10

1.15

1.10

0.90

0.99

Mississippi

0.65

0.80

1.19

2.42

1.31

0.91

0.95

West South Central:

Arkansas

0.59

0.61

1.30

2.44

0.91

0.76

2.38

Louisiana

0.78

0.42

2.16

2.77

1.38

0.62

1.13

Oklahoma

0.50

0.60

2.43

*

2.07

1.19

0.70

1.72

Texas

0.24

0.31

0.88

0.76

0.42

0.31

0.49

Mountain:

Idaho

0.66

0.76

1.88

1.34

1.31

0.83

1.84

Colorado

0.78

0.80

1.44

1.15

2.48

0.69

1.16

Arizona

0.53

0.44

1.61

1.63

0.83

0.57

1.50

Utah

0.54

0.44

1.28

1.67

1.23

0.69

1.12

Nevada

0.39

0.48

2.22

1.89

1.21

0.35

1.03

Pacific:

Washington

0.65

0.58

1.82

2.54

1.22

0.58

1.14

Oregon

0.56

0.96

1.80

1.64

1.43

0.68

1.27

California

0.37

0.52

0.89

0.78

0.91

0.33

1.31

Alaska

0.51

0.59

1.53

1.94

2.24

0.75

1.37

Hawaii

0.52

0.75

0.56

0.66

0.46

0.20

2.00

States not shown separately

0.48

0.55

1.11

1.22

0.32

0.45

1.52

 

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.

** 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.