Table 10. Earliest age and corresponding service requirement for normal retirement, defined benefit plans, September 1, 1974

Table 10. Earliest age and corresponding service requirement for normal retirement, defined benefit plans, September 1, 1974
Age and/or service provision	Active workers
Age and/or service provision	Number in thousands	Percent
Total	22,814	100.0
At any age, with	1,164	5.1
Less than 20 years	8	(1)
20 years	28	0.1
25 years or more	1,127	4.9
Age 55	1,641	7.2
10 to 19 years	33	0.1
20 years	1,267	5.6
25 or more years	341	1.5
Ages 56 to 59	467	2.0
10 to 19 years	39	0.2
20 years	424	1.9
25 or more years	4	(1)
Age 60	1,160	5.1
No service requirement	174	0.8
Less than 10 years	4	(1)
10 years	134	0.6
15 years	250	1.1
20 years	299	1.3
25 years or more	299	1.3
Ages 61 to 64	3,417	15.0
No service requirement	725	3.2
Less than 5 years	118	0.5
5 to 9 years	173	0.8
10 years	1,217	5.3
15 years	743	3.3
20 years	95	0.4
25 years or more	346	1.5
Ages 65 or later (2)	14,649	64.2
No service requirement	5,521	24.2
Less than 5 years	233	1.0
5 to 9 years	635	2.8
10 years	5,045	22.1
15 years	2,405	10.5
20 years	810	3.6
25 years or more	187	0.8
Provision not determinable	165	0.7
Footnotes: (1) Less than 0.5 percent. (2) Less than 0.5 percent of these workers were in plans providing normal retirement at age 70 with service requirement.