September 23, 2009 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Retirement benefits access and participation rates, March 2009

Retirement benefits: access and participation, civilian workers, March 2009
Defined benefit
All retirement benefits (1)	Percent
Access	71
Participation	57
Access	31
Participation	29
Defined contribution
Access	56
Participation	39
Footnotes: (1) Includes defined benefit pension plans and defined contribution retirement plans. The total is less than the sum of the individual items because some employees had access to and participated in both types of plans.

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