TA B L E 7 .3 Percent of workers with health insurance and pension coverage by work arrangements, 1997
| Type of work arrangement |
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| Health and pension status |
Traditional |
Contingent |
On-call |
Temporaryhelpagency |
Contractcompany |
Independentcontractor |
| Health insurance from any source |
83 |
67 |
67 |
46 |
82 |
73 |
| Employer-provided health insurance: |
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| Eligible |
73 |
35 |
31 |
26 |
69 |
n/a |
| Receiving |
61 |
22 |
20 |
7 |
50 |
3 |
| Pension coverage from any source |
50 |
16 |
19 |
4 |
36 |
37 |
| Employer-provided pension coverage: |
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| Eligible |
57 |
23 |
25 |
10 |
46 |
n/a |
| Receiving* |
48 |
16 |
19 |
4 |
36 |
14 |
| Number (thousands) |
107,689 |
5,140 |
1,996 |
1,300 |
809 |
8,456 |
S O U R C E : Steven Hipple. "Contingent work: results from the secondary survey." Monthly Labor Review. November 1998, table 10, p. 30. Sharon Cohany. "Workers in alternative employment arrangements: a second look." Monthly Labor Review. November 1998, tables 13 & 14, pp.17–19.
*S O U R C E : Craig Copeland, Paul Fronstin, Pamela Ostuw, and Paul Yakoboski. "Contingent Workers and Workers in Alternative Work Arrangements." EBRI Issue Brief, March 1999.
Independent contractors select own benefits, therefore, they are listed under "receiving" in the table.
n/a: not applicable.
