Distribution of private wage and salary workers employed by firm with plan but not in plan by reason for nonparticipation and selected economic variables, 1999

Table 15. Distribution of private wage and salary workers employed by firm with plan but not in plan by reason for nonparticipation and selected economic variables, 1999
Item	Number of workers (in thousands)	Percent distribution
Item	Number of workers (in thousands)	Total	Type of job not eligible	Don't work enough hours per weeks 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
Full-time part-time status
Full-time	8,947	100	4	5	44	34	11	2
Part-time	4,188	100	9	50	20	12	8	1
Weekly earnings
Less than $200	3,309	100	13	52	15	9	10	1
$200-299	2,386	100	12	16	30	29	12	1
300-399	2,187	100	6	8	43	33	9	1
400-499	1,606	100	4	6	36	44	9	1
500-599	1,140	100	1	5	49	31	11	3
600-749	944	100	5	9	36	30	19	1
750-999	919	100	8	3	40	26	18	5
1,000 or more	634	100	11	-	50	20	16	3
Dont know	12	100	^2/	^2/	^2/	^2/	^2/	^2/
Collective bargaining status
Covered by union contract	1,014	100	8	7	31	31	22	1
Not covered by union contract	12,121	100	8	20	34	26	11	2

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

2/ Not computed where base is less than 75,000.

NOTE: Excludes self-employed incorporated workers.

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

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