| Distribution of Participants by industry, 1996 (numbers in thousands) | |||||||||
| Industry | Total Plans | Single Employer Plans 1/ | Multiemployer Plans 2/ | ||||||
| Total | Defined Benefit |
Defined Contribution |
Total | Defined Benefit |
Defined Contribution |
Total | Defined Benefit |
Defined Contribution |
|
| TOTAL | 91,716 | 41,111 | 50,605 | 80,840 | 32,467 | 48,374 | 10,876 | 8,644 | 2,231 |
| Agriculture | 451 | 156 | 294 | 434 | 141 | 293 | 17 | 15 | 1 |
| Mining | 922 | 501 | 422 | 771 | 356 | 415 | 152 | 145 | 7 |
| Construction | 5,708 | 3,078 | 2,631 | 1,472 | 167 | 1,305 | 4,236 | 2,911 | 1,326 |
| Manufacturing | 33,994 | 17,402 | 16,592 | 32,617 | 16,231 | 16,386 | 1,377 | 1,171 | 206 |
| Transportation | 4,676 | 2,522 | 2,154 | 3,158 | 1,122 | 2,036 | 1,518 | 1,399 | 119 |
| Communications and utilities |
4,911 | 2,395 | 2,516 | 4,860 | 2,354 | 2,506 | 51 | 42 | 10 |
| Wholesale trade | 3,332 | 964 | 2,368 | 3,080 | 723 | 2,357 | 251 | 241 | 10 |
| Retail trade | 8,996 | 3,402 | 5,594 | 7,559 | 2,109 | 5,450 | 1,437 | 1,293 | 144 |
| Finance, insurance and real estate |
9,106 | 3,962 | 5,144 | 9,069 | 3,935 | 5,134 | 36 | 27 | 9 |
| Services | 17,141 | 5,640 | 11,502 | 15,355 | 4,244 | 11,112 | 1,786 | 1,396 | 390 |
| Tax-exempt organizations |
2,151 | 1,022 | 1,129 | 2,140 | 1,018 | 1,122 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Industry not reported | 328 | 68 | 260 | 324 | 67 | 257 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 1/ Includes single employer plans, plans of controlled groups of corporations, and multiple-employer noncollectively bargained plans. |
| 2/ Includes multiemployer plans and multiple-employer collectively bargained plans. |
| SOURCE: Form 5500 series reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service for plan years beginning in 1996. |
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