飲酒の習慣と職業との関連性について

抄録

The habits of alcohol drinking were inquired 1478 old boys, who completed the secondary course before the end of World War II at two schools in Kyoto and Shiga Prefecture. In these schools practically all boys went to colleges or universites. The patterns of drinking were analysed especially in relation to occupational status of boys and their fathers, and revealed the following facts:
(1) The distribution of occupations of boys and their fathers is very different in two schools, but old boys from two schools showed exactly the same pattern of drinking; 30% of boys drinks every days, 52% does occasionally and 18% does not at all.
(2) Fathers' occupations are correlated significantly to the distributions of boys' occupations and significant association exists between occupations and habits of drinking. But it does not disappear when fathers' occupations are held constant. The percentage of habitual drinkers is significantly higher among higher administrative professions, while medical doctors and university professors are inclined to refrain from alcohol.
(3) Association between fathers' occupations and pattern of drinking is also significant and remains when occupations of boys are held constant. Especially the sons of selfemployed showed significantly higher percentage in habitual drinkers.
In short the pattern of drinking is sharply different either in higher administrative and professional groups or in the occupations remaining after the tides of modernization.