Employer Sponsorship of Pension Plans

Table 1. Employer sponsorship of pension plans: all wage and salary workers by employment sector, full- and part-time status, and gender, 1999 (workers in thousands)
Type of worker	Total		Employer sponsors Plan		Employer does not sponsor plan		Don't know
Type of worker	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent
All wage and salary workers
Total	117,757	100	75,071	64	29,963	25	12,724	11
Men	61,049	100	39,110	64	15,166	25	6,772	11
Women	56,709	100	35,960	63	14,797	26	5,952	10
Full-time
Total	95,937	100	65,846	69	21,416	22	8,675	9
Men	53,994	100	36,435	67	12,349	23	5,211	10
Women	41,943	100	29,411	70	9,068	22	3,464	8
Part-time
Total	21,821	100	9,225	42	8,547	39	4,049	19
Men	7,054	100	2,675	38	2,817	40	1,562	22
Women	14,766	100	6,549	44	5,729	39	2,488	17
Private sector
Total	98,233	100	57,437	58	28,938	29	11,857	12
Men	52,425	100	31,284	60	14,772	28	6,369	12
Women	45,808	100	26,153	57	14,167	31	5,488	12
Full-time
Total	79,353	100	50,520	64	20,789	26	8,044	10
Men	46,185	100	29,200	63	12,093	26	4,892	11
Women	33,167	100	21,320	64	8,696	26	3,152	10
Part-time
Total	18,880	100	6,917	37	8,150	43	3,813	20
Men	6,239	100	2,084	33	2,679	43	1,477	24
Women	12,641	100	4,833	38	5,471	43	2,337	18
Public sector
Total	19,524	100	17,633	90	1,025	5	867	4
Men	8,624	100	7,826	91	394	5	404	5
Women	10,901	100	9,807	90	631	6	463	4
Full-time
Total	16,584	100	15,325	92	628	4	631	4
Men	7,809	100	7,235	93	255	3	319	4
Women	8,775	100	8,090	92	372	4	312	4
Part-time
Total	2,941	100	2,308	78	397	13	236	8
Men	815	100	591	73	139	17	85	10
Women	2,126	100	1,716	81	258	12	151	7

NOTE: Excludes self-employed incorporated workers.

SOURCE: Current Population Survey: February 1999 Contingent Work Supplement.

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