total coverage by three percentage points among men and five points among women in the same period. Likewise, it ended previous limitations, such as quotas, waiting lists, and insufficient fiscal resources. Administrative figures show an increase in such coverage from 79% to 84%, while surveys indicate an increase from 83.7% to 88.9% both in 2009-2017. The 2017 Salvadoran re-reform did not take any action to extend coverage, fail­ing to comply with the mandate of the 1996 structural reform law to expand coverage of groups that are difficult to incorporate. 81 As this reform is very recent, we only have figures for a single year(2018): EAP coverage by admin ­istrative figures virtually stagnated from 24.6% to 24.8% in 2017-2018, but its zenith was 27% in 1995, while based on surveys it grew from 27.2% to 28.1%, but its peak was 30.3% in 1998. Regarding the coverage of the older-adult pop­ulation, administrative figures indicate stagnation at 35% in 2017-2018, but the peak was 36.4% in 2014, while surveys indicate stagnation at 14% and its zenith was 16.2% in 2015. Regardless of the source, both coverages in 2018 were below the zenith reached years earlier. In summary, there were coverage increases in Chile regarding the EAP and old­er-adult population coverage(but a drop among self-employed workers); in Bolivia, regarding the EAP and the self-employed worker, based on surveys, the older-adult coverage was static but the highest in the region; there were no increases in Argentina and El Salvador coverage; additional research and data are required for 2019 and 2020 in order to reach stronger conclusions. 3. Social Solidarity and Gender Equity Social solidarity improved in Argentina and Bolivia when the private pillar/ system that lacked social solidarity closed and all the insured were transferred 81 In mid-2018, self-employed workers were allowed to register for the first time, since in practice they had been excluded; they are now granted health benefits and pensions. They must pay US$40 per month if only the worker joins or US$56 if his/her family joins. 131