Table 9. Coverage rates under employer sponsored pension plans: all wage and salary workers employed by firms with plans by employment sector, full- and part-time status, and gender, 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 workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent	Number of workers	Percent
All wage and salary workers
Total	75,071	100	58,315	78	15,394	21	1,362	2
Men	39,110	100	31,699	81	6,710	17	702	2
Women	35,960	100	26,616	74	8,684	24	660	2
Full-time
Total	65,846	100	54,778	83	9,888	15	1,180	2
Men	36,435	100	30,909	85	4,901	13	625	2
Women	29,411	100	23,868	81	4,987	17	555	2
Part-time
Total	9,225	100	3,537	38	5,506	60	182	2
Men	2,675	100	789	30	1,809	68	77	3
Women	6,549	100	2,748	42	3,697	56	105	2
Private sector
Total	57,437	100	43,213	75	13,135	23	1,089	2
Men	31,284	100	24,822	79	5,881	19	582	2
Women	26,153	100	18,392	70	7,255	28	507	2
Full-time
Total	50,520	100	40,607	80	8,947	18	966	2
Men	29,200	100	24,190	83	4,481	15	529	2
Women	21,320	100	16,417	77	4,466	21	437	2
Part-time
Total	6,917	100	2,606	38	4,188	61	123	2
Men	2,084	100	631	30	1,399	67	53	3
Women	4,833	100	1,975	41	2,789	58	69	1
Public sector
Total	17,633	100	15,102	86	2,259	13	273	2
Men	7,826	100	6,877	88	829	11	120	2
Women	9,807	100	8,224	84	1,429	15	153	2
Full-time
Total	15,325	100	14,170	92	941	6	213	1
Men	7,235	100	6,719	93	420	6	96	1
Women	8,090	100	7,451	92	522	6	118	1
Part-time
Total	2,308	100	931	40	1,317	57	59	3
Men	591	100	158	27	410	69	24	4
Women	1,716	100	773	45	908	53	36	2

NOTE: Excludes self-employed incorporated workers.

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