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TABLE E12

Pension Plan Assets of Plans with Fewer than 100 Participants by type of plan, 1975-1994^1/ (amounts in millions)
Year	Total Plans			Single Employer Plans^2/			Multiemployer Plans^3/
Year	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution
1975	$32,308	$8,781	$23,527	$32,272	$8,747	$23,524	$37	$34	$2
1976	35,369	10,329	25,039	35,233	10,223	25,010	136	107	29
1977	42,953	12,459	30,494	42,828	12,368	30,463	124	92	32
1978	52,023	15,661	36,362	51,727	15,471	36,255	297	190	106
1979	64,021	19,498	44,523	63,725	19,271	44,453	296	227	69
1980	86,785	31,498	55,287	86,101	30,872	55,229	684	626	58
1981	104,006	38,792	65,214	103,220	38,081	65,139	785	711	74
1982	129,263	46,971	82,292	128,895	46,649	82,246	369	323	46
1983	155,214	60,594	94,620	154,626	60,064	94,562	588	530	58
1984	176,847	62,904	113,943	176,103	62,231	113,873	743	673	70
1985	211,665	67,745	143,920	210,666	66,878	143,789	999	867	132
1986	232,718	66,276	166,442	231,481	65,132	166,350	1,237	1,143	93
1987	228,244	65,232	163,012	227,048	64,277	162,771	1,196	955	241
1988	240,867	54,652	186,215	239,393	53,389	186,004	1,474	1,263	211
1989	236,459	44,570	191,889	236,016	44,243	191,773	443	327	116
1990	242,068	44,192	197,876	241,224	43,599	197,624	844	592	252
1991	264,329	40,161	224,168	263,967	40,033	223,934	362	128	234
1992	261,359	30,396	230,963	260,922	30,199	230,723	437	197	239
1993	291,912	33,166	258,746	291,238	32,770	258,468	675	396	278
1994	278,555	25,384	253,171	277,644	24,687	252,958	911	698	213

^1/ Asset amounts shown exclude funds held by life insurance companies under allocated group insurance contracts for payment of retirement benefits. These excluded funds make up roughly 10 to l5 percent of total private pension plan assets.
^2/ Includes single employer plans, plans of controlled groups of corporations, and multiple-employer noncollectively bargained plans.
^3/ Includes multiemployer plans and multiple-employer collectively bargained plans.

SOURCE: Form 5500 series reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service for 1975-94 plan years.

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