| Percent
Distribution of Defined Benefit Plans by interest rate assumption, 1993 |
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| Interest Rate Assumption | Total Plans | Single Employer Plans | Multiemployer Plans | ||
| Total | Not Collectively Bargained | Collectively Bargained | |||
| Number of plans1/ | 61,175 | 59,372 | 52,285 | 7,086 | 1,803 |
| PERCENT | |||||
| TOTAL | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 6.5-6.9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 7.0-7.4 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 24 |
| 7.5-7.9 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 31 |
| 8.0-8.4 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 42 | 40 |
| 8.5-8.9 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 40 | 3 |
| Median interest rate assumption | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.5 |
1/This is the number of defined benefit
plans reporting complete actuarial data on Form 5500 series reports for 1993.
As indicated in Table A1 the actual number of defined benefit plans filing 1993
reports was 83,596.
SOURCE: Form 5500 series
reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service for 1993 plan
years.