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| | | | Exhibit 3.7: Percentage of Covered Workers in Firms with a Waiting Period for New Employees to Be Covered, by Firm Size, Region, and Industry, 2005 | | Percentage of Covered Workers in Firms With Waiting Period | | FIRM SIZE | | All Small Firms (3-199 Workers) | 80% | All Large Firms (200 or More Workers) | 72% | | REGION | | Northeast | 73% | Midwest | 74 | South | 74 | West | 78 | | INDUSTRY | | Mining/Construction/Wholesale | 84%* | Manufacturing | 75 | Transportation/Communications/Utility | 64 | Retail | 92* | Finance | 71 | Service | 71 | State/Local Government | 66 | Health Care | 81 | | ALL FIRM SIZES, REGIONS, AND INDUSTRIES | 75% |
| * | Estimates are statistically different from All Firm Sizes, Regions, and Industries at p<.05. | | | | | Source: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 2005. | | | | | For more information regarding survey methodology, click here to view the Survey Design and Methods section. |
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