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TABLE B15

Percent Distribution by Labor Force Status of Workers and Retirees Ages 55 and Over Formerly Employed in a Private Sector Job
by pension receipt status under the former job, 1989 and 1994
Work Status Percent Distribution
Total Persons Who Receive or Have Received Pension Benefits Persons Expecting to Receive Benefits Persons With no Pension Benefits
Total Annuity and Lump Sum Recipients Annuity Only Recipients Lump Sum Only Recipients

TOTAL
1989
Total                                   100             33                     3 22 7                    3                   65
In labor force1/ 100 16 1 7 8 5 79
Retired2/ 100 42 4 30 7 1 57
1994
Total 100 37 5 21 11 3 60
In labor force1/ 100 28 3 9 15 6 66
Retired2/ 100 41 7 27 8 2 57

MEN
1989
Total 100 40 4 29 7 3 56
In labor force1/ 100 19 2 8 8 6 75
Retired2/ 100 54 6 42 6 1 45
1994
Total 100 46 8 28 11 4 50
In labor force1/ 100 33 4 13 16 9 59
Retired2/ 100 53 9 36 7 2 45

WOMEN
1989
Total 100 24 2 14 8 2 74
In labor force1/ 100 12 1 4 7 4 84
Retired2/ 100 29 3 18 8 1 70
1994
Total 100 27 3 14 11 2 70
In labor force1/ 100 21 2 5 14 3 76
Retired2/ 100 30 4 17 9 2 68

1/Includes only workers who had a prior job in the private sector.

2/Retirees are defined as persons who formerly worked for the same employer for a period of five years or more or who have received, currently receive, or expect to receive pension benefits based on former employment.

SOURCE: Data for 1989 are tabulated from the Pension Benefit Amounts Supplement to the December 1989 Current Population Survey. Data for 1994 are tabulated from the Retiree Pension and Health Benefits Supplement to the September 1994 Current Population Survey.

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