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TABLE B8

Number of Plans by type of plan and method of funding, 1996
Method of Funding	Total Plans			Single Employer Plans ^1/			Multiemployer Plans ^2/
Method of Funding	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution
Funding arrangement for investment of assets
TOTAL	696,224	63,657	632,566	692,957	61,790	631,167	3,267	1,867	1,399
Trust	470,870	36,148	434,722	468,578	34,836	433,741	2,292	1,312	980
Insurance	14,655	2,955	11,700	14,636	2,945	11,691	19	10	9
Trust and insurance	167,302	16,620	150,681	166,384	16,076	150,308	918	544	373
Other	43,397	7,934	35,463	43,359	7,933	35,426	38	1	37
Funding arrangement for payment of benefits
TOTAL	696,224	63,657	632,566	692,957	61,790	631,167	3,267	1,867	1,399
Trust	462,390	35,869	426,521	461,098	35,137	425,961	1,292	732	559
Insurance	48,644	7,850	40,794	48,499	7,781	40,717	145	69	76
Trust and insurance	126,178	11,772	114,406	124,419	10,734	113,686	1,759	1,038	721
Other	59,011	8,165	50,846	58,941	8,138	50,803	70	28	43

^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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