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TABLE E8

Number of Active Participants in Pension Plans by type of plan, 1975-1994^1/ (numbers in thousands)
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	38,431	27,214	11,217	31,079	20,129	10,950	7,353	7,086	267
1976	40,723	27,520	13,203	33,627	20,728	12,899	7,096	6,792	304
1977	42,659	28,058	14,600	35,681	21,414	14,267	6,977	6,644	333
1978	44,664	29,036	15,628	37,717	22,433	15,284	6,947	6,603	344
1979	46,929	29,440	17,489	39,799	22,757	17,041	7,130	6,683	447
1980	49,026	30,133	18,893	42,079	23,705	18,374	6,947	6,428	519
1981	50,826	30,082	20,743	43,821	23,701	20,120	7,005	6,381	623
1982	53,204	29,756	23,448	46,344	23,630	22,714	6,860	6,126	734
1983	57,808	29,964	27,844	50,911	23,877	27,034	6,897	6,087	810
1984	60,775	30,172	30,603	54,044	24,315	29,729	6,732	5,857	875
1985	62,268	29,024	33,244	55,778	23,465	32,313	6,491	5,559	931
1986	63,290	28,670	34,620	56,723	23,270	33,453	6,566	5,400	1,167
1987	63,392	28,432	34,959	56,846	23,170	33,676	6,546	5,262	1,284
1988	62,142	28,081	34,062	55,464	22,867	32,596	6,678	5,213	1,465
1989	61,294	27,304	33,990	54,300	21,892	32,408	6,994	5,412	1,582
1990	61,831	26,344	35,488	55,409	21,386	34,022	6,422	4,957	1,465
1991	61,517	25,747	35,771	55,048	20,833	34,215	6,469	4,914	1,555
1992	64,231	25,362	38,868	57,940	20,771	37,170	6,290	4,592	1,699
1993	64,746	25,127	39,619	58,596	20,670	37,926	6,150	4,458	1,692
1994	64,972	24,615	40,357	58,889	20,215	38,674	6,083	4,400	1,682

^1/ 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.
^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.

NOTE: The number of participants includes double counting of workers in more than one plan.

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

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