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The project collected three main types of data: (1)A second wave of a 2002 household surveys in Brazil and South Africa, which sampled just over 1000 households each in the Western and Eastern Cape region of South Africa, and Rio and Ilheus in Brazil, was collected in 2008. The sample frame in both countries was provided by census areas, the sample was proportionate to size, and stratified by urban and rural areas in Brazil and South Africa, and additionally by race in South Africa. The survey instruments included (i) a household questionnaire with a section collecting information on all household members; and (ii) and a supplement collected on all household members aged 60 and over, with questions on their entitlements, relations to other household members, health status, goals, social networks and community participation, and income decisions. The instruments were similar in all respects across the two countries. In South Africa, the questionnaires were translated into Xhosa and Afrikaans. (2)Semi-structured interviews with older respondents, stratified by age, race, and location in South Africa, and by age and location in Brazil. 30 in each country. The qualitative component complemented the information on households, especially as regards major events and household arrangements and circumstances in period intervening between the two survey points. (3)A mapping of institutions, policies, and programmes supporting older people and their households in the two countries. This study examines the impacts of individual ageing on the well-being of older people and their households in Brazil and South Africa, with a view to informing appropriate policies to address the challenges of accelerated population ageing in developing countries. The main hypothesis organizing the research is that the contribution of older people to social and economic development is a primary factor determining the dynamics of their, and their households', well-being. A core feature of...