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TABLE A5

Amount of Assets in Pension Plans by type of plan and method of funding, 1996 (amounts in millions)
Method of Funding	Total Plans			Single Employer Plans ^1/			Multiemployer Plans ^2/
Method of Funding	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution	Total	Defined Benefit	Defined Contribution
Funding arrangement for investment of assets
TOTAL	$3,136,281	$1,585,397	$1,550,884	$2,837,125	$1,316,599	$1,520,526	$299,156	$268,798	$30,358
Trust	1,963,090	1,006,083	957,007	1,791,744	853,965	937,779	171,346	152,118	19,228
Insurance	6,892	3,846	3,046	6,796	3,783	3,014	96	64	32
Trust and insurance	1,166,174	575,468	590,706	1,038,460	458,851	579,608	127,714	116,617	11,098
Other	125	0	125	125	0	125	0	0	0
Funding arrangement for payment of benefits
TOTAL	$3,136,281	$1,585,397	$1,550,884	$2,837,125	$1,316,599	$1,520,526	$299,156	$268,798	$30,358
Trust	1,889,857	885,102	1,004,755	1,763,514	771,391	992,123	126,343	113,712	12,632
Insurance	69,157	37,834	31,323	67,173	36,386	30,787	1,984	1,448	536
Trust and insurance	1,165,847	660,623	505,224	995,542	507,436	488,105	170,305	153,186	17,119
Other	11,419	1,838	9,581	10,896	1,386	9,510	524	453	71

^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.

NOTE: Total asset amounts shown exclude funds held by life insurance companies under allocated group insurance contracts for payment of retirement benefits. These excluded funds make up roughly 10 to 15 percent of total pension fund assets.

SOURCE: Form 5500 series reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service for plan years beginning in 1996.

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