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TABLE A6

Collective Bargaining Status of Pension Plans, Participants, and Assets
by type of plan, 1993
Collective Bargaining
Status
Total Defined Benefit Defined Contribution
Number
of
Plans
Total
Participants
(thousands)
Total
Assets
(millions)1/
Number of
Plans
Total
Participants
(thousands)
Total
Assets
(millions)1/
Number of
Plans
Total
Participants
(thousands)
Total
Assets
(millions)1/
TOTAL 702,097 83,870 $2,316,272 83,596 40,267 $1,248,180 618,501 43,603 $1,068,092
Collectively bargained plans 16,789 26,350 775,493 9,343 18,742 618,897 7,445 7,608 156,595
Noncollectively bargained plans 685,308 57,520 1,540,780 74,253 21,525 629,283 611,055 35,995 911,497

1/Asset amounts shown exclude funds held by life insurance companies under allocated insurance contracts for payment of retirement benefits. These funds make up roughly 10 to 15 percent of total private pension fund assets.

NOTE: Some collectively bargained plans cover nonbargaining unit employees under a separate non-negotiated benefit structure.

SOURCE: Form 5500 series reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service for 1993 plan years.

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