Table 10. Coverage rates under employer sponsored pension plans: private wage and salary workers employed by firms with plans by selected demographic characteristics, 1999 (workers in thousands)
Item	Total		Covered by plan		Not covered by plan		Don't know if covered by plan
	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent
Total	57,437	100	43,213	75	13,135	23	1,089	2
Gender
Men	31,284	100	24,822	79	5,881	19	582	2
Women	26,153	100	18,392	70	7,255	28	507	2
Marital status
Married, not separated	35,150	100	28,872	82	5,846	17	432	1
Single or separated	22,287	100	14,341	64	7,289	33	657	3
Age
Under 25	6,841	100	2,429	36	4,121	60	290	4
25-29	7,086	100	4,847	68	2,061	29	178	3
30-34	7,803	100	6,154	79	1,546	20	102	1
35-39	8,829	100	7,202	82	1,465	17	161	2
40-44	8,567	100	7,088	83	1,347	16	132	2
45-49	6,940	100	5,899	85	949	14	93	1
50-54	5,279	100	4,630	88	599	11	50	1
55-59	3,475	100	2,991	86	447	13	37	1
60-64	1,693	100	1,423	84	260	15	11	1
65 and older	925	100	550	60	339	37	35	4
Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	44,715	100	34,345	77	9,711	22	658	1
Black, non-hispanic	6,120	100	4,281	70	1,640	27	199	3
Asian or Pacific Islander,     non-Hispanic	1,946	100	1,391	71	490	25	65	3
Other, non-Hispanic	322	100	230	71	76	24	16	5
Hispanic	4,335	100	2,966	68	1,218	28	151	3
Education level
Less than high school	4,520	100	2,418	54	1,962	43	140	3
High school graduates	18,104	100	13,579	75	4,094	23	431	2
Less than 4 years of college	17,782	100	12,955	73	4,543	26	285	2
College graduates	17,031	100	14,262	84	2,536	15	233	1

NOTE: Excludes self-employed incorporated workers.

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