Anomie, social class and drinking behavior of high-school students.

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Of 158 high-school students in Manitoba, Canada, who completed questionnaires about drinking and normative values, the 71 students in an urban school for middle-class children showed the greatest degree of anomie, the highest average alcohol consumption (0.53 oz/wk) and the highest percentage of students (58.1) drunk or high 4 or more times during the preceding year. The 48 rural farm students were 2nd on all 3 measures. The 17 urban working-class were 3rd on all 3. The 22 rural nonfarm students were 4th (consuming 0.36 oz of alcohol/wk, 38.1% being drunk or high 4 or more times during the preceding year). Drinking was directly related to anomie, and the incidence of drunkenness was directly related to drinking. There was no consistent relationship between the occupational status of the students'' fathers and anomie.

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