Table 4.

Reclassification of original variables into a new variable (‘help’) ⁺.

Variable Help/Country	Yes	No
Argentina (ENCAVIAM)	Yes	No
Brazil (ELSI)	Need but don’t get; Need and get	Don’t need
Chile (CASEN)	Almost never; Sometimes; Many times; Always	Never
Colombia (SABE)	Needs help; Can’t do it	No help and no difficulty; No help but difficulty
Mexico (ENASEM)	Yes	No
Uruguay (ELPS)	Almost never; Sometimes; Many times; Always	Never

⁺ Using conservative criteria, we categorized the missing values as ’no help required’ (No). The missing values were 0.2% or less in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia, 0% in Argentina and Uruguay, and 0.5% or less in Mexico.