Table 13. Distribution of private wage and salary workers employed by firm with plans but not in plan by reason for nonparticipation and selected demographic variables, 1999
Item	Number of workers (in thousands)	Percent distribution
		Total	Type of job not eligible	Don't work enough hours per week or weeks per year	Haven't worked long enough or too young	Choose not to participate 1/	Other	Don't know
Total	13,135	100	6	19	36	27	10	2
Gender
Men	5,881	100	5	15	39	27	11	2
Women	7,255	100	7	22	34	26	9	1
Marital status
Married, not separated	5,846	100	5	15	35	31	12	2
Single or separated	7,289	100	7	22	38	23	9	1
Age
Under 25	4,121	100	7	30	38	17	7	1
25-29	2,061	100	4	11	43	31	9	2
30-34	1,546	100	6	10	40	33	9	2
35-39	1,465	100	5	13	38	31	12	1
40-44	1,347	100	6	14	33	33	13	2
45-49	949	100	6	15	35	29	13	2
50-54	599	100	8	16	27	35	11	2
55-59	447	100	5	15	33	31	15	1
60-64	260	100	9	24	20	29	17	1
65 and older	339	100	5	42	7	20	26	1
Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	9,711	100	6	21	36	26	10	1
Black, non-hispanic	1,640	100	6	13	40	29	10	2
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	490	100	3	18	33	29	14	3
Other, non-Hispanic	76	100	2/	12	49	34	6	2/
Hispanic	1,218	100	5	16	37	30	9	3
Education level
Less than high school	1,962	100	6	31	30	23	8	1
High school graduates	4,094	100	5	14	39	30	10	2
Less than 4 years of college	4,543	100	6	22	34	26	11	1
College graduates	2,536	100	7	14	42	24	11	2

1/ Includes all workers who did not participate because they said it was either too expensive, a poor investment, or they choose not to participate.

2/ Less than .5 percent.

NOTE: Excludes self-employed incorporated workers.

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

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