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| Percent of Private Sector Workers and Retirees Ages 55 and Older Receiving Various Combinations of Employer Provided Pension1/ and Health2/ Benefits and Social Security Benefits Based on Prior Employment | ||||||
| Type(s) of Benefits Received | Total | In Labor Force | Retired3/ | |||
| Total | Employed Full-Time | Employed Part-Time | Looking For Work | |||
NUMBER (in thousands) |
30,500 |
13,095 |
11,931 |
674 |
490 |
17,405 |
PERCENT |
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| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Employer pension, employer health, and Social Security | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Employer pension, employer health, no Social Security | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Employer pension, Social Security, no employer health | 14 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 20 |
| Employer pension, no Social Security, no employer health | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 |
| Employer health, Social Security, no employer pension | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Employer health, no employer pension, no Social Security | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Social Security, no employer pension, no employer health | 30 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 21 | 44 |
| No benefits | 36 | 70 | 72 | 50 | 58 | 10 |
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1/Pension benefits are defined as annuities and lump sum distributions received either after age 54 or at an earlier age and rolled over into retirement savings. 2/Health benefits are defined as health plan coverage that can be continued for life. 3/Retirees are defined as persons who have withdrawn from the labor force and who formerly worked for the same employer for a period of five years or more or who have pension benefits or health coverage based on their former employment. NOTE: Benefits received by workers currently employed in the private sector may be based on prior employment in either the private or public sector. SOURCE: Retiree Pension and
Health Benefits Supplement to the September 1994 Current Population Survey. |
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