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Job Characteristics and Drinking Practices in the Boston Metropolitan Area

Ralph Hingson, Thomas Mangione, Jane Barrett

SUMMARY. Laborers, operatives and skilled workers drank more heavily than other workers, in part because these occupations included disproportionate numbers of men and persons under age 25. Stress on the job and boredom on the job were related to drinking.