The research includes both fatal and non-fatal
suicidal behaviour. For the purposes of this report,
‘mid-years’ or ‘mid-life’ is defined as the 30s–50s. It
is recognised that this is a wide age range; experts
were asked to consider variation within the age
range, and to specify the ages to which evidence or
themes included within their report refer. ‘Low
socio-economic position’ is also used as a broad
term, which can be defined and operationalised in
many ways, including: economic position (e.g.,
being unemployed or economically inactive),
occupational status (e.g., routine and manual
occupations), income level (e.g., living in poverty or
with a low income), housing tenure (e.g., living in
rented accommodation) and educational
attainment (e.g., without formal qualifications)