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TABLE B9

Number of Participants by type of plan and method of funding, 1996 (numbers in thousands)
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	91,716	41,111	50,605	80,841	32,467	48,374	10,876	8,644	2,231
Trust	57,564	26,273	31,292	50,975	21,296	29,679	6,589	4,977	1,613
Insurance	678	283	396	670	280	390	9	3	5
Trust and insurance	32,586	14,270	18,316	28,308	10,606	17,702	4,278	3,664	613
Other	888	285	602	888	285	602	0	0	0
Funding arrangement for payment of benefits
TOTAL	91,716	41,111	50,605	80,841	32,467	48,374	10,876	8,644	2,231
Trust	55,227	24,080	31,147	50,733	20,488	30,244	4,494	3,591	903
Insurance	3,472	1,349	2,123	3,372	1,282	2,090	100	66	34
Trust and insurance	31,873	15,363	16,510	25,598	10,378	15,219	6,275	4,985	1,290
Other	1,145	320	825	1,139	318	821	6	2	4

^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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