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TABLE B7

Distribution of Active Participants
by type of plan, 1996 1/
(numbers in thousands)
Type of Plan Total Plans Single Employer Plans 2/ Multiemployer Plans 3/
TOTAL 67,888 61,417 6,470
Defined benefit 23,262 18,681 4,581
Defined contribution 44,625 42,736 1,889
  Profit sharing and thrift-savings 35,256 34,961 295
  Stock bonus 3,041 3,041 -
  Target benefit 132 128 3
  Money purchase 4,131 2,706 1,425
  Annuity-403(b)(1) 108 95 13
  Custodial account-403(b)7 12 12 -
  IRAs or annuities (Code 408) 25 21 3
  Other defined contribution 1,919 1,771 148

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 any 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.
SOURCE: Form 5500 series reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service for plan years beginning in 1996.

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