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TABLE E2

Number of Pension Plans with Fewer Than 100 Participants *by type of plan, 1978-1997*
YEAR	Total Plans			Single Employer Plans ^1/			Multiemployer Plans ^2/
YEAR	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution
1978	408,665	105,474	303,191	408,401	105,323	303,078	265	151	113
1979	435,334	116,143	319,191	435,053	115,954	319,099	281	189	92
1980	451,046	123,591	327,455	450,740	123,340	327,400	306	251	55
1981	505,368	142,304	363,064	505,109	142,165	362,944	259	139	120
1982	552,258	149,600	402,658	551,899	149,391	402,508	359	309	150
a
1983	558,146	149,164	408,982	557,847	148,955	408,892	299	209	90
1984	558,943	142,912	416,031	558,649	142,699	415,950	293	213	81
1985	583,476	145,430	438,046	583,171	145,292	437,879	305	138	167
1986	666,669	148,168	518,501	666,424	148,005	518,419	245	163	82
1987	681,238	139,644	541,594	680,921	139,472	541,449	310	169	141
a
1988	675,525	123,146	552,378	675,117	122,962	552,154	408	184	224
1989	675,706	111,048	564,658	675,470	110,941	564,529	236	107	129
1990	659,144	93,821	565,323	658,848	93,730	565,118	296	91	205
1991	645,517	83,298	562,218	645,182	83,181	562,001	334	117	217
1992	650,282	69,883	580,399	649,924	69,778	580,146	358	104	253
a
1993	642,615	64,937	577,678	642,196	64,799	577,396	419	137	282
1994	628,707	56,322	572,385	628,307	56,134	572,173	399	188	212
1995	631,117	52,405	578,712	630,780	52,311	578,469	337	94	243
1996	632,520	47,104	585,416	632,069	46,941	585,128	451	163	288
1997	653,696	43,647	610,049	653,347	43,519	609,828	350	128	222

^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 1978-97 plan years.

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