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TABLE C8

Percentage Distribution of Assets in Defined Contribution Plans with 100 or More Participants
by type of asset and size of plan, 1996
Type of Asset Total $1-.9M $1.0M-9.9M $10.0M-249.9M $250.0M-999.9M $1.0B or More
TOTAL ASSETS 100 100 100 100 100 100
Cash 3 6 5 4 3 2
Receivables 2 5 3 2 2 1
U.S. Government securities 2 2 3 4 2 2
Corporate debt instruments: Preferred 1 4 1 1 1/ 1
Corporate debt instruments: All other 1 1 1 1 1 1
Corporate stocks 10 3 7 9 9 12
Real estate and mortgages (other than to participants) 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/
Other loans to participants 2 1 2 2 2 1
Value of interest in common/collective trusts 7 6 9 10 6 6
Value of interest in pooled separate accounts 3 21 14 4 1 1
Value of interest in master trusts 22 1 2 11 24 35
Value of interest in registered investment companies 20 25 30 30 20 8
Value of funds held in insurance company general account 7 10 10 7 7 7
Employer securities 15 3 5 11 20 20
Other investments 4 11 7 4 4 4

1/ Less than one percent.
NOTE: The letters M and B in the column headings denote millions and billions, respectively. Percentage distribution may not add up to 100 because of rounding.
SOURCE: Form 5500 series reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service for plan years beginning in 1996.

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