Table 1. Defined benefit pension plans with 100 or more participants, by number of active workers covered, plan entity, and contributory status, September 1, 1974

Table 1. Defined benefit pension plans with 100 or more participants, by number of active workers covered, plan entity, and contributory status, September 1, 1974
Provision	Active workers		Plans
Provision	Number (in thousands)	Percent	Number	Percent
All	22,814	100.0	14,021	100.0
Size of plan
100 to 199	534	2.3	3,729	26.6
200 to 499	1,542	6.8	4,918	35.1
500 to 999	1,625	7.1	2,340	16.7
1,000 to 4,999	4,764	20.9	2,277	16.2
5,000 to 9,999	2,641	11.6	381	2.7
10,000 to 24,999	3,977	17.4	267	1.9
25,000 to 49,999	2,301	10.1	69	0.5
50,000 to 99,999	1,511	6.6	22	0.2
100,000 or more	3,919	17.2	18	0.1
Type of plan
Single employer	15,282	67.0	11,693	83.4
Multiemployer	7,394	32.4	2,207	15.7
Multiple employer	139	0.6	121	0.9
Contributory status
Contributory	2,404	10.5	1,737	12.4
Noncontributory	20,411	89.5	12,284	87.6
Note: Sample of all plans for which the administrator filed a report with the Department of Labor in compliance with the Welfare and Disclosure Act of 1959. Excluded are 59 sample plans for which provision descriptions were not available. These plans represented 5.6 percent of all plans and 2.9 percent of all plan participants. The data in these tables, therefore, represent less than the total study scope of plans and participants.