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Table NC8. Pension plan coverage of workers, by Selected Characteristics, sex, race and, Hispanic origin, and poverty status:  2001 (White Non-Hispanic) (Female)
                        (Source: Current Population Survey,  March 2002.)

                                    ----------------- All Workers ------------------  -------------- Workers in Poverty -------------- 
                                                  with Employer Offered Pension                     with Employer Offered Pension      
                                              ============ Plan at Work ============            ============ Plan at work ============ 
                                                                  -Included in Plan-                                -Included in Plan- 
                                      Number    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number    Number   Percent    Number   Percent 
    Characteristics                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                       
    White Non-Hispanic                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                       
     Female.................          51,288    29,675      57.9    22,340      43.6     2,422       671      27.7       177       7.3 
                                                                                                                                       
Work Experience                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                       
Worked..........................      51,288    29,675      57.9    22,340      43.6     2,422       671      27.7       177       7.3 
   Full-time....................      36,257    23,935      66.0    19,676      54.3     1,203       352      29.2       121      10.0 
     50 weeks or more...........      29,343    20,125      68.6    17,164      58.5       511       132      25.8        69      13.5 
     27 to 49 weeks.............       4,208     2,607      62.0     1,865      44.3       252        79      31.5        16       6.2 
     26 weeks or less...........       2,707     1,203      44.4       647      23.9       440       140      31.9        36       8.2 
   Part-time....................      15,031     5,739      38.2     2,663      17.7     1,218       319      26.2        57       4.7 
     50 weeks or more...........       7,609     3,137      41.2     1,739      22.9       451       135      30.0        27       5.9 
     27 to 49 weeks.............       3,347     1,342      40.1       599      17.9       252        59      23.3         8       3.1 
     26 weeks or less...........       4,074     1,260      30.9       325       8.0       516       125      24.3        22       4.3 
                                                                                                                                       
Size of Employer                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
Under 25 persons................      14,771     3,661      24.8     2,579      17.5       924        95      10.2        30       3.3 
25 to 99 persons................       6,148     3,191      51.9     2,329      37.9       301        52      17.4        17       5.8 
100 to 499 persons..............       6,719     4,582      68.2     3,462      51.5       252       100      39.9        31      12.4 
500 to 999 persons..............       3,100     2,353      75.9     1,856      59.9       101        56      55.5        16      16.2 
1000 persons or more............      20,551    15,888      77.3    12,114      58.9       843       367      43.5        82       9.7 
                                                                                                                                       
Occupation of Longest Job                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                       
Executive, Administrative,                                                                                                             
and Managerial..................       8,022     5,511      68.7     4,742      59.1       111        25      22.7         9       7.7 
Professional specialty..........      10,127     7,323      72.3     6,029      59.5       181        52      28.8        24      13.1 
Technical and related support...       2,120     1,458      68.8     1,110      52.4        38        13      34.6         5      13.8 
Sales workers...................       6,843     3,221      47.1     1,938      28.3       527       178      33.7        27       5.1 
Administrative support,                                                                                                                
including clerical..............      11,769     7,385      62.7     5,609      47.7       388       149      38.5        48      12.4 
Precision production,                                                                                                                  
craft & repair..................         988       561      56.8       439      44.4        47         6      13.6         0       0.0 
Machine operators, assemblers                                                                                                          
and Inspectors..................       1,464       897      61.3       656      44.8        70        26      37.5         9      12.5 
Transportation & material moving         456       253      55.3       170      37.3        38         7      17.2         1       3.0 
Handlers, equipment cleaners,                                                                                                          
Helpers, & laborers.............         772       383      49.6       224      29.1        65        11      17.5         4       6.8 
Service workers.................       8,117     2,550      31.4     1,321      16.3       883       199      22.5        48       5.4 
 Private household workers......         447        31       7.0        15       3.4        62         6       9.6         5       7.9 
 Service workers, except                                                                                                               
 Private Household..............       7,670     2,519      32.8     1,306      17.0       821       193      23.5        43       5.2 
Farming, forestry, and fishing..         566       104      18.4        74      13.1        75         5       6.1         3       3.9 
Armed forces....................          46        29      62.1        27      58.8         1         0       0.0         0       0.0 
Table NC8. Pension plan coverage of workers, by Selected Characteristics, sex, race and, Hispanic origin, and poverty status:  2001 (White Non-Hispanic) (Female)
                        (Source: Current Population Survey,  March 2002.)

                                    ----------------- All Workers ------------------  -------------- Workers in Poverty -------------- 
                                                  with Employer Offered Pension                     with Employer Offered Pension      
                                              ============ Plan at Work ============            ============ Plan at work ============ 
                                                                  -Included in Plan-                                -Included in Plan- 
                                      Number    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number    Number   Percent    Number   Percent 
                                                                                                                                       
Relationship to Family Householder                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                       
In Families.....................      40,546    23,200      57.2    17,732      43.7     1,355       355      26.2       115       8.5 
   Householder..................      14,548     8,782      60.4     6,744      46.4       925       266      28.8        84       9.1 
     Spouse present.............       9,478     5,801      61.2     4,581      48.3       191        52      27.5        22      11.7 
     No spouse present..........       5,070     2,981      58.8     2,163      42.7       734       214      29.2        62       8.5 
   Spouse of householder........      19,119    11,902      62.3     9,719      50.8       270        62      23.0        26       9.5 
   Child of householder.........       5,789     1,978      34.2       878      15.2       123        17      13.7         2       2.0 
   Other relative of                                                                                                                   
   householder..................       1,089       537      49.3       391      35.9        37        10      26.0         2       6.0 
In unrelated subfamilies........         356       190      53.4       107      30.1        92        44      48.4         8       8.2 
Unrelated Individuals...........      10,386     6,285      60.5     4,501      43.3       974       272      27.9        55       5.7 
   Nonfamily householder........       7,840     4,871      62.1     3,608      46.0       543       132      24.3        26       4.8 
   Secondary Individuals........       2,547     1,414      55.5       893      35.1       432       140      32.3        29       6.7 
                                                                                                                                       
Age                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                       
Under 65 years..................      49,272    28,904      58.7    21,911      44.5     2,371       660      27.8       175       7.4 
   15 to 24 years...............       8,147     2,975      36.5       972      11.9       865       269      31.1        44       5.1 
   25 to 44 years...............      22,661    14,082      62.1    10,976      48.4     1,076       288      26.8       100       9.3 
   45 to 64 years...............      18,464    11,848      64.2     9,963      54.0       430       103      24.0        31       7.2 
65 years and over...............       2,017       770      38.2       429      21.3        50        11      22.1         2       4.4 
                                                                                                                                       
Mean age........................        40.5      41.6       (x)      43.2       (x)      33.2      32.0       (x)      35.5       (x) 
                                                                                                                                       
Type of Residence                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                       
Inside metropolitan areas.......      40,577    23,986      59.1    18,112      44.6     1,694       508      30.0       120       7.1 
  Inside central cities.........      11,221     6,636      59.1     4,937      44.0       611       185      30.2        34       5.5 
    One million or more.........       6,226     3,707      59.5     2,802      45.0       264        56      21.1        12       4.5 
    Under one million...........       4,995     2,929      58.7     2,135      42.7       348       129      37.1        22       6.2 
  Outside central cities........      29,356    17,350      59.1    13,175      44.9     1,083       324      29.9        86       8.0 
    One million or more.........      19,886    11,885      59.8     9,027      45.4       638       172      27.0        52       8.1 
    Under one million...........       9,470     5,464      57.7     4,148      43.8       445       152      34.1        35       7.8 
Outside metropolitan areas......      10,711     5,689      53.1     4,228      39.5       727       163      22.4        57       7.9 
                                                                                                                                       
Region                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                       
Northeast.......................      10,652     6,313      59.3     4,917      46.2       422       109      25.8        43      10.2 
Midwest.........................      14,704     8,787      59.8     6,667      45.3       680       204      30.0        46       6.8 
South...........................      16,257     9,206      56.6     6,814      41.9       801       226      28.2        58       7.3 
West............................       9,675     5,369      55.5     3,942      40.7       518       132      25.5        30       5.7 
Table NC8. Pension plan coverage of workers, by Selected Characteristics, sex, race and, Hispanic origin, and poverty status:  2001 (White Non-Hispanic) (Female)
                        (Source: Current Population Survey,  March 2002.)

                                    ----------------- All Workers ------------------  -------------- Workers in Poverty -------------- 
                                                  with Employer Offered Pension                     with Employer Offered Pension      
                                              ============ Plan at Work ============            ============ Plan at work ============ 
                                                                  -Included in Plan-                                -Included in Plan- 
                                      Number    Number   Percent    Number   Percent    Number    Number   Percent    Number   Percent 
                                                                                                                                       
   Total                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                       
Without earnings................          66        12      18.4         0       0.0        11         0       0.0         0       0.0 
With earnings...................      51,223    29,663      57.9    22,340      43.6     2,410       671      27.8       177       7.4 
   $1 TO $2,499 or Loss.........       4,414     1,067      24.2       244       5.5       784       163      20.8        36       4.5 
   $2,500 to $4,999.............       2,949       885      30.0       226       7.7       461       133      28.8        24       5.1 
   $5,000 to $7,499.............       2,958       961      32.5       348      11.8       463       135      29.1        33       7.2 
   $7,500 to $9,999.............       2,275       890      39.1       376      16.5       392       128      32.6        31       8.0 
   $10,000 to $12,499...........       3,452     1,448      42.0       738      21.4       221        80      36.0        31      14.2 
   $12,500 to $14,999...........       1,979       975      49.3       585      29.6        42        12      28.6        10      23.9 
   $15,000 to $17,499...........       3,163     1,624      51.4     1,058      33.4        30        12      39.1         6      18.9 
   $17,500 to $19,999...........       2,221     1,311      59.0       920      41.4         9         4      41.4         1      11.4 
   $20,000 to $22,499...........       3,267     1,969      60.3     1,526      46.7         7         4      60.0         4      60.0 
   $22,500 to $24,999...........       1,856     1,231      66.3       927      50.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $25,000 to $27,499...........       2,943     1,977      67.2     1,618      55.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $27,500 to $29,999...........       1,459     1,087      74.5       915      62.7         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $30,000 to $32,499...........       3,052     2,227      73.0     1,923      63.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $32,500 to $34,999...........       1,065       803      75.4       692      65.0         1         1     100.0         1     100.0 
   $35,000 to $37,499...........       2,318     1,791      77.3     1,584      68.4         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $37,500 to $39,999...........         955       759      79.5       691      72.4         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $40,000 to $42,499...........       1,977     1,546      78.2     1,377      69.7         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $42,500 to $44,999...........         547       453      82.7       398      72.7         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $45,000 to $47,499...........       1,091       875      80.2       813      74.5         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $47,500 to $49,999...........         599       486      81.2       446      74.5         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $50,000 to $52,499...........       1,352     1,075      79.5     1,007      74.5         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $52,500 to $54,999...........         366       307      83.9       292      79.9         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $55,000 to $57,499...........         618       534      86.4       497      80.5         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $57,500 to $59,999...........         234       204      87.4       194      82.9         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $60,000 to $62,499...........         770       625      81.1       571      74.2         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $62,500 to $64,999...........         158       131      82.6       110      69.8         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $65,000 to $67,499...........         400       307      76.6       286      71.4         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $67,500 to $69,999...........         149       138      92.8       130      87.6         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $70,000 to $72,499...........         377       295      78.4       290      76.9         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $72,500 to $74,999...........          83        66      80.1        59      71.1         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $75,000 to $77,499...........         323       230      71.3       211      65.4         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $77,500 to $79,999...........          79        62      78.6        57      72.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $80,000 to $82,499...........         267       184      68.8       172      64.5         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $82,500 to $84,999...........          80        68      84.8        61      76.6         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $85,000 to $87,499...........         149       126      84.6       111      74.5         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $87,500 to $89,999...........          25        23      90.0        23      90.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
   $90,000 to $92,499...........         176       150      85.0       141      80.0         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
  $92,500 to $94,999...........           23        21      91.4        21      91.4         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
  $95,000 to $97,499...........           69        50      72.5        48      69.6         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
  $97,500 to $99,999...........           30        24      81.1        21      71.9         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
  $100,000 and over............          956       678      71.0       630      65.9         0         0       0.0         0       0.0 
                                                                                                                                       
   Median earnings..............      21,683    28,633       (x)    32,194       (x)     4,784     5,732       (x)     7,206       (x) 
     Standard error.............         136       310       (x)       152       (x)       209       376       (x)       796       (x) 
   Mean earnings................      27,558    33,524       (x)    38,422       (x)     4,981     5,897       (x)     7,245       (x) 
     Standard error.............         274       337       (x)       418       (x)       136       249       (x)       596       (x) 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Contact: Housing and Household Economic Statistics Information Staff at (301)763-3242
Last revised: July 14, 2004
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