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Social Mobility and Alcoholism; a Comparison of Alcoholics with Their Fathers and Brothers
Marshall B. Jones, Barry L. Borland
SUMMARY. Men alcoholics entered the work force at a low socioeconomic level and though their status gradually increased, it never reached their fathers’ or their brothers’ level. Downward mobility in relation to significant others seems to play a role in the etiology of alcoholism.
