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

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Percentage of paid workers covered by a registered pension plan
  1999 2004 2009 2014 2019
  %%%%%
Total, all sectors 40.8 38.9 39.4 38.4 37.1
Males 42.0 38.9 38.3 36.8 34.5
Females 39.4 39.0 40.5 40.0 40.0
Defined benefit plans 34.5 31.6 29.6 26.8 24.7
Males 34.8 30.6 27.4 23.6 20.8
Females 34.2 32.6 31.9 30.4 29.0
Defined contribution plans 5.6 6.1 6.3 6.7 6.9
Males 6.3 6.9 7.1 7.8 7.9
Females 4.7 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.8
Other plans1 0.7 1.2 3.5 4.8 5.5
Males 0.9 1.4 3.8 5.4 5.8
Females 0.6 1.1 3.2 4.1 5.1
Public sector 88.0 84.9 88.5 88.3 88.3
Males 90.4 87.1 85.0 86.5 83.6
Females 86.2 83.5 90.7 89.5 91.1
Defined benefit plans 83.1 78.5 83.2 82.8 80.0
Males 84.9 79.6 79.2 80.1 74.3
Females 81.8 77.9 85.7 84.4 83.5
Defined contribution plans 4.0 4.9 4.1 4.0 4.1
Males 4.2 5.6 4.1 4.4 4.4
Females 3.8 4.4 4.1 3.7 3.8
Other plans1 0.9 1.5 1.2 1.6 4.2
Males 1.3 1.9 1.7 2.0 4.9
Females 0.6 1.2 0.9 1.3 3.8
Private sector 28.0 26.4 24.9 24.0 22.4
Males 32.2 29.5 28.5 27.3 25.2
Females 22.3 22.4 20.4 19.8 18.8
Defined benefit plans 21.3 18.8 13.8 10.8 8.8
Males 24.7 21.1 16.5 12.8 10.6
Females 16.8 15.8 10.5 8.3 6.4
Defined contribution plans 6.0 6.4 6.9 7.5 7.8
Males 6.8 7.1 7.8 8.5 8.6
Females 5.0 5.6 5.9 6.3 6.7
Other plans1 0.7 1.2 4.2 5.7 5.9
Males 0.8 1.3 4.2 6.1 6.0
Females 0.5 1.0 4.1 5.2 5.7
Source(s):
Tables 11-10-0133-01 and 14-10-0027-01.

Table note 1

Other plans include hybrid plans, composite plans, plans that combine defined benefits and defined contributions, and other plans.
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