Table 6. Coverage rates under employer sponsored pension plans: private wage and salary workers by selected demographic variables, 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	98,233	100	43,213	44	42,074	43	12,946	13
Gender
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
Marital status
Married, not separated	54,907	100	28,872	53	20,975	38	5,060	9
Single or separated	43,326	100	14,341	33	21,099	49	7,886	18
Age
Under 25	17,252	100	2,429	14	10,501	61	4,322	25
25-29	12,374	100	4,847	39	5,848	47	1,679	14
30-34	12,601	100	6,154	49	5,131	41	1,315	10
35-39	13,854	100	7,202	52	5,148	37	1,504	11
40-44	12,908	100	7,088	55	4,605	36	1,215	9
45-49	10,451	100	5,899	56	3,600	34	953	9
50-54	8,222	100	4,630	56	2,811	34	781	9
55-59	5,491	100	2,991	54	1,980	36	520	9
60-64	2,863	100	1,423	50	1,146	40	295	10
65 and older	2,215	100	550	25	1,303	59	362	16
Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic	72,543	100	34,345	47	29,729	41	8,469	12
Black, non-hispanic	10,483	100	4,281	41	4,360	42	1,842	18
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	3,624	100	1,391	38	1,579	44	654	18
Other, non-Hispanic	654	100	230	35	305	47	119	18
Hispanic	10,930	100	2,966	27	6,101	56	1,862	17
Education level
Less than high school	13,781	100	2,418	18	8,453	61	2,909	21
High school graduates	32,310	100	13,579	42	14,324	44	4,407	14
Less than 4 years of college	29,110	100	12,955	45	12,501	43	3,654	13
College graduates	23,032	100	14,262	62	6,796	30	1,975	9

NOTE: Excludes self-employed incorporated workers.

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