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TABLE B16

Percent Distribution by Labor Force Status of Workers and Retirees Ages 55-64 and 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	Total	Annuity and Lump Sum Recipients	Annuity Only Recipients	Lump Sum Only Recipients	Persons Expecting to Receive Benefits	Persons With no Pension Benefits
TOTAL
1989
Total	100	24	2	13	9	4	72
In labor force^1/	100	14	1	5	9	6	80
Retired^2/	100	39	5	25	9	1	60
1994
Total	100	30	4	12	14	7	63
In labor force^1/	100	25	2	7	16	8	68
Retired^2/	100	38	7	20	12	5	56
MEN
1989
Total	100	29	3	17	9	7	65
In labor force^1/	100	17	2	6	9	7	76
Retired^2/	100	29	3	18	8	1	70
1994
Total	100	36	6	16	14	9	55
In labor force^1/	100	30	3	9	17	11	60
Retired^2/	100	49	10	29	9	5	46
WOMEN
1989
Total	100	18	1	8	9	4	78
In labor force^1/	100	11	^3/	3	8	4	85
Retired^2/	100	27	3	14	11	3	69
1994
Total	100	24	3	7	14	4	72
In labor force^1/	100	19	1	4	14	3	77
Retired^2/	100	29	4	11	14	5	66

^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.

^3/Less than one-half of one percent.

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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