Table 2. Employer sponsorship of pension plans: private wage and salary workers by selected demographic variables, 1999 (workers in thousands)
Item	Total		Employer sponsors plan		Employer does not sponsor plan		Don't know
	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent
Total	98,233	100	57,437	58	28,938	29	11,857	12
Gender
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
Marital status
Married, not separated	54,907	100	35,150	64	15,129	28	4,628	8
Single or separated	43,326	100	22,287	51	13,810	32	7,229	17
Age
Under 25	17,252	100	6,841	40	6,380	37	4,032	23
25-29	12,374	100	7,086	57	3,787	31	1,501	12
30-34	12,601	100	7,803	62	3,585	28	1,213	10
35-39	13,854	100	8,829	64	3,683	27	1,343	10
40-44	12,908	100	8,567	66	3,258	25	1,083	8
45-49	10,451	100	6,940	66	2,651	25	861	8
50-54	8,222	100	5,279	64	2,213	27	730	9
55-59	5,491	100	3,475	63	1,533	28	483	9
60-64	2,863	100	1,693	59	886	31	284	10
65 and older	2,215	100	925	42	964	44	326	15
Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	72,543	100	44,715	62	20,017	28	7,810	11
Black, non-hispanic	10,483	100	6,120	58	2,721	26	1,643	16
Asian or Pacific Islander,     non-Hispanic	3,624	100	1,946	54	1,089	30	589	16
Other, non-Hispanic	654	100	322	49	229	35	103	16
Hispanic	10,930	100	4,335	40	4,883	45	1,711	16
Education level
Less than high school	13,781	100	4,520	33	6,492	47	2,769	20
High school graduates	32,310	100	18,104	56	10,229	32	3,976	12
Less than 4 years of college	29,110	100	17,782	61	7,958	27	3,370	12
College graduates	23,032	100	17,031	74	4,260	18	1,742	8

NOTE: Excludes self-employed incorporated workers.

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