Table 2 
Percentage of paid workers covered by a registered pension plan 

Percentage of paid workers covered by a registered pension plan
  1998 2003 2008 2013 2018
  %%%%%
Total, all sectors 40.6 39.2 38.5 37.9 37.5
Males 41.9 39.3 37.5 36.6 35.6
Females 39.2 39.0 39.6 39.4 39.5
Defined benefit plans 34.7 31.9 28.8 27.0 25.2
Males 35.1 31.2 26.9 24.1 21.7
Females 34.2 32.7 31.0 30.1 29.0
Defined contribution plans 5.3 6.2 6.0 6.4 6.7
Males 6.0 6.9 6.8 7.4 7.8
Females 4.5 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.6
Other plans1 0.6 1.1 3.6 4.6 5.6
Males 0.8 1.2 3.8 5.2 6.1
Females 0.5 1.0 3.4 3.9 5.0
Public sector 87.3 85.5 84.7 87.1 88.0
Males 88.3 87.4 83.3 85.7 85.9
Females 86.4 84.3 85.6 87.9 89.2
Defined benefit plans 82.6 79.4 79.1 82.1 80.1
Males 83.4 80.4 77.2 80.0 76.9
Females 82.0 78.7 80.3 83.4 82.0
Defined contribution plans 4.0 4.9 3.9 3.9 4.0
Males 4.1 5.5 4.1 4.3 4.4
Females 3.9 4.4 3.7 3.7 3.7
Other plans1 0.6 1.2 1.7 1.1 4.0
Males 0.8 1.5 2.0 1.4 4.7
Females 0.5 1.1 1.6 0.9 3.5
Private sector 27.7 26.7 25.2 23.7 23.0
Males 32.1 30.0 28.3 27.1 26.0
Females 22.1 22.3 21.4 19.5 19.1
Defined benefit plans 21.4 19.1 14.4 11.1 9.5
Males 24.9 21.7 16.8 13.2 11.2
Females 16.9 15.8 11.5 8.3 7.2
Defined contribution plans 5.7 6.5 6.6 7.1 7.5
Males 6.4 7.2 7.3 8.0 8.4
Females 4.7 5.6 5.7 5.9 6.3
Other plans1 0.6 1.1 4.2 5.6 6.0
Males 0.7 1.1 4.2 5.9 6.4
Females 0.5 1.0 4.2 5.2 5.6
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