On this occasion, however, given the importance of the subject and the need for information regarding it, the chapter on social spending analysis for the region now incorporates the functions classified as non-social. At the time this edition went to press, data were available for only 11 countries, since most of them used an aggregate functional classification by major group. This is true for social protection in the Plurinational State of Bolivia from 1990 to 1994, El Salvador, from 1990 to 1992, and Trinidad and Tobago from 1990 to 1999, as well as for figures on social security in Nicaragua.