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TABLE A1
Number of Pension Plans, Total Participants, Active Participants,
Assets, Contributions, and Benefits
by type of plan, 1994
Type of Plan Number of Plans1/ Total Participants
(thousands)2/
Active Participants
(thousands)3/
Total Assets
(millions)4/
Total Contributions
(millions)5/
Total Benefits
(millions)6/
TOTAL 690,344 85,117 64,972 $2,298,556 $144,353 $163,934
Defined benefit 74,422 40,338 24,615 1,210,856 39,031 82,625
Defined contribution 615,922 44,778 40,357 1,087,700 105,322 81,309
Profit sharing and
thrift-savings
464,914 32,663 29,643 829,402 82,672 62,581
Stock bonus 2,275 3,366 2,977 65,576 5,500 4,833
Target benefit 7,807 182 173 4,560 378 407
Money purchase 118,373 4,523 4,018 98,710 8,162 7,093
Annuity-
403(b)(1)
10,726 170 150 834 142 74
Custodial account-
403(b)(7)
639 8 8 120 23 10
IRAs or annuities
(Code 408)
5,533 102 99 1,061 72 66
Other defined contribution 5,655 3,764 3,289 87,437 8,372 6,245

1/ Excludes plans covering only one participant.
2/ Includes active, retired, and separated vested participants not yet in pay status. The number of participants also includes double counting of workers in more than one plan.
3/ Active participants include any workers currently in employment covered by a plan and who are earning or retaining credited service under a plan. Active participants also include nonvested former employees who have not yet incurred a break in service.
4/ Total asset amounts shown exclude funds held by life insurance companies under allocated group insurance contracts for payment of retirement benefits. These funds make up roughly 10 to 15 percent of total pension fund assets.
5/ Includes both employer and employee contributions.
6/ Amounts exclude benefits made directly by insurance carriers. Amounts shown include both benefits paid directly from trust and premium payments made by plans to insurance carriers.

SOURCE: Form 5500 series reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service for 1994 plan years.

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