Table 5. Coverage rates under employer pension plans: all wage and salary workers by employment sector, gender, and full- and part-time status 1999 (workers in thousands)
Type of worker	Total		Covered by plan		Not covered by plan		Don't know if covered by plan
	Number of workers	Percent	Number of wokers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent
All wage and salary workers
Total	117,757	100	58,315	50	45,357	39	14,085	12
Men	61,049	100	31,699	52	21,876	36	7,474	12
Women	56,709	100	26,616	47	23,481	41	6,611	12
Full-time
Total	95,937	100	54,778	57	31,305	33	9,854	10
Men	53,994	100	30,909	57	17,250	32	5,835	11
Women	41,943	100	23,868	57	14,055	34	4,019	10
Part-time
Total	21,821	100	3,537	16	14,052	64	4,231	19
Men	7,054	100	789	11	4,626	66	1,639	23
Women	14,766	100	2,748	19	9,426	64	2,593	18
Private sector
Total	98,233	100	43,213	44	42,074	43	12,946	13
Men	52,425	100	24,822	47	20,652	39	6,951	13
Women	45,808	100	18,392	40	21,421	47	5,995	13
Full-time
Total	79,353	100	40,607	51	29,736	37	9,010	11
Men	46,185	100	24,190	52	16,574	36	5,421	12
Women	33,167	100	16,417	49	13,161	40	3,589	11
Part-time
Total	18,880	100	2,606	14	12,338	65	3,936	21
Men	6,239	100	631	10	4,078	65	1,530	25
Women	12,641	100	1,975	16	8,260	65	2,406	19
Public sector
Total	19,524	100	15,102	77	3,283	17	1,140	6
Men	8,624	100	6,877	80	1,223	14	523	6
Women	10,901	100	8,224	75	2,060	19	616	6
Full-time
Total	16,584	100	14,170	85	1,569	9	844	5
Men	7,809	100	6,719	86	675	9	415	5
Women	8,775	100	7,451	85	894	10	430	5
Part-time
Total	2,941	100	931	32	1,714	58	295	10
Men	815	100	158	19	548	67	109	13
Women	2,126	100	773	36	1,166	55	187	9

NOTE: Excludes self-employed incorporated workers.

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