Table 1. Percent of workers participating in selected employee benefit plans, private industry and State and local government, 1989-99
Employee benefit program 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1994-96 1994-97 1996-98 1998-99
All Workers
Paid:

Holidays

 - 77 76 76 73 73 72 72 72 74

Vacations

 - 80 79 79 77 77 76 76 76 77

Personal leave

 - 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 -

Funeral leave

 - 57 57 58 56 56 56 56 57 -

Jury duty leave

 - 67 67 68 67 66 65 66 67 -

Military leave

 - 39 38 37 33 31 31 32 33 -

Sick leave

 - 56 58 56 53 50 50 50 51 -

Unpaid maternity leave/family leave(1)

 - 28 29 37 54 62 61 66 66 -

Short-term disability benefits(2)

 30 30 29 29 33 32 30 34 34

Long-term disability insurance

 25 26 26 24 25 25 26 27 26

Medical care

 - 69 68 67 62 61 60 60 61 57

Dental care

 - 42 43 42 39 37 36 34 39 36

Life insurance

 - 70 69 67 64 63 62 63 64 59

All retirement

 - 59 59 58 56 57 58 58 59 54

Defined benefit pension

 - 43 41 40 37 36 35 35 35 30

Defined contribution

 - 30 31 31 30 33 35 36 36 33

Plan type:

Savings and thrift

 - 14 15 15 16 21 23 23 23 -

Deferred profit sharing

 - 12 12 11 10 10 9 10 10 -

Money purchase pension

 - 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 -

Employee stock ownership plan

 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 -

Flexible benefits plan(3)

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

Holidays

 87 85 85 85 84 84 - - 83 85

Vacations

 88 88 88 88 88 88 - - 87 86

Personal leave

 20 19 20 20 20 20 - - 20 -

Funeral leave

 65 63 65 65 64 64 - - 66 -

Jury duty leave

 76 74 76 77 76 75 - - 76 -

Military leave

 44 45 44 43 40 37 - - 39 -

Sick leave

 64 63 65 65 62 59 - - 60 -

Unpaid maternity leave/family leave

 31 31 32 41 60 69 - - 74 -

Short-term disability benefits(2)

 32 33 33 32 32 38 - - 39 39

Long-term disability insurance

 31 29 31 31 30 31 - - 33 32

Medical care

 83 79 79 78 75 73 - - 73 68

Dental care

 52 48 49 49 46 45 - - 47 42

Life insurance

 81 80 80 78 77 76 - - 77 71

All retirement

 68 66 66 66 65 66 - - 68 62

Defined benefit pension

 50 48 47 45 43 42 - - 41 35

Defined contribution

 34 34 35 35 35 39 - - 42 38

Plan type:

Savings and thrift

 17 16 18 18 19 24 - - 27 -

Deferred profit sharing

 12 13 13 12 11 11 - - 11 -

Money purchase pension

 6 7 6 7 6 6 - - 6 -

Employee stock ownership plan

 2 1 2 2 2 3 - - 2 -

Flexible benefits plan (3)

 5 5 6 6 6 7 - - 8 8

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.