TABLE 3. Socioeconomic and educational level equalization between eight countries participating in the Latin American Study of Nutrition and Health, 2016.

	Argentina	Brazil	Chile	Colombia	Costa Rica	Ecuador	Peru	Venezuela
Socioeconomic levela
High	A, B, C1	A1, A2, B1	A, B, C1	5/6	A, B, C1	A, B	A	A, B, C+
Medium	C2, C3	B2, C1	C2, C3	3/4	C2, C3	C+	B, C	C
Low	D1, D2	C2, D, E	D, E	1/2	D1, D2	C-, D	D, E	D, E
Educational level
Primary – incomplete secondary schooling	– Illiterate – Complete or incomplete primary – Incomplete secondary	– Illiterate – Complete or incomplete fundamental – Incomplete secondary	– Illiterate – Complete or incomplete basic – Incomplete humanistic – Incomplete middle	– Illiterate – Incomplete primary or baccalaureate – Incomplete secondary	– Illiterate – Complete or incomplete primary – Incomplete secondary	– Illiterate – Complete or incomplete primary – Incomplete secondary – Incomplete baccalaureate	– Illiterate – Complete or incomplete primary – Incomplete secondary	– Illiterate – Complete or incomplete basic
Complete secondary – incomplete higher/tertiary education	– Complete secondary – Incomplete tertiary – Incomplete university	– Complete secondary – Incomplete higher education	– Complete humanistic – Complete middle – Incomplete professional-technical – Incomplete bachelor	– Complete baccalaureate – Incomplete technical – Incomplete university	– Complete secondary or vocational – Incomplete university	– Complete secondary or baccalaureate – Incomplete university	– Complete secondary – Incomplete university	– Complete middle and diversified
Complete higher education	– Complete tertiary – Complete university – Post-graduate	– Complete higher education	– Complete professionaltechnical – Complete bachelor – Complete school of non-commissioned officers – Post-graduate	– Complete technical or technological – Complete university – Specialization, masters or doctorate	– Complete university – Masters or doctorate	– More years of superior education (without post-graduate) – Complete university – Post-graduate	– Complete technical – Complete university – Post-graduate	– Complete technical – Complete university – Doctorate

Source: Prepared by the authors based on the project survey.

^aClassifications according to those provided by National Institutes of Statistics of each country.