Table 2. Percent of workers participating in selected employee benefit plans, private industry, 1989-2003
Employee benefit program 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1999 2000 2003
All Workers
Paid:

Holidays

 - 79 77 77 75 74 - 73 75 77 79

Vacations

 - 83 82 82 80 80 - 79 79 80 79

Personal leave

 - 14 14 15 14 15 - 15 - - -

Funeral leave

 - 56 57 57 56 55 - 56 - - -

Jury duty leave

 - 62 63 64 63 62 - 63 - - 70

Military leave

 - 32 31 30 27 25 - 27 - - 50

Sick leave

 - 50 52 50 47 44 - 44 53 - -

Unpaid maternity leave/family leave(1)

 - 24 24 34 48 58 - 62 - - -

Short-term disability benefits(2)

 - 31 31 30 30 35 - 36 36 33 37

Long-term disability insurance

 - 25 26 25 23 25 - 26 25 25 28

Medical care

 - 66 65 63 59 58 - 57 53 52 53

Dental care

 - 39 39 39 35 34 - 37 32 29 36

Life insurance

 - 68 67 64 61 60 - 61 56 54 47

All retirement

 - 53 54 53 50 51 - 53 48 48 49

Defined benefit pension

 - 35 34 32 28 28 - 27 21 19 20

Defined contribution

 - 34 35 35 34 37 - 40 36 36 40

Plan type:

Savings and thrift

 - 17 18 17 18 24 - 26 - 26 -

Deferred profit sharing

 - 14 14 13 11 11 - 11 - 8 -

Money purchase pension

 - 6 6 6 5 5 - 5 - 4 -

Employee stock ownership plan

 - 1 2 2 2 3 - 2 - 2 -

Flexible benefits plan(3)

 - 6 6 6 6 - - 7 7 - -
Full-time Workers
Paid:

Holidays

 90 88 87 - 86 85 84 85 87 87 91

Vacations

 93 92 92 - 92 92 91 91 90 91 91

Personal leave

 16 16 16 - 16 17 18 17 - - -

Funeral leave

 65 63 65 - 65 65 64 66 - - -

Jury duty leave

 72 70 71 - 72 71 71 73 - - 77

Military leave

 37 37 37 - 33 30 30 32 - - 56

Sick leave

 57 57 60 - 57 52 54 53 63 - -

Unpaid maternity leave/family leave(1)

 27 27 27 - 53 65 64 70 - - -

Short-term disability benefits(2)

 34 35 35 - 34 41 40 42 43 39 45

Long-term disability insurance

 32 29 31 - 30 31 31 32 32 31 36

Medical care

 80 76 77 - 73 71 70 70 64 61 65

Dental care

 50 45 46 - 43 42 40 45 39 35 45

Life insurance

 79 79 78 - 74 74 73 74 68 65 59

All retirement

 62 60 61 - 58 60 61 62 56 55 58

Defined benefit pension

 42 39 39 - 33 33 32 32 25 22 24

Defined contribution

 40 39 40 - 40 44 46 47 42 42 48

Plan type:

Savings and thrift

 20 19 21 - 22 28 31 31 - 31 -

Deferred profit sharing

 15 15 16 - 13 13 12 13 - 9 -

Money purchase pension

 6 7 6 - 6 6 5 6 - 4 -

Employee stock ownership plan

 2 2 2 - 2 3 3 3 - 2 -

Flexible benefits plan(3)

 5 5 6 - 7 7 8 8 9 - -

Footnotes:
(1) The definition of this benefit was changed from unpaid maternity leave to unpaid family leave in 1993.
(2) The definition of this benefit was changed from sickness and accident insurance to short-term disability benefits in 1995.
(3) Includes plans that offer a choice of two or more benefits.

NOTE: Dashes indicate data were not collected or not tabulated in a given year. In a few cases, data have been revised from those previously published.