TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1977//
TI  - Rural-Urban Differences in the Use of Stress-Alleviative Drugs
JO  - American journal of sociology
A1  - Webb, Stephen D.
A1  - Collette, John
SP  - 700
EP  - 707
VL  - 83
IS  - 3
N2  - The concern of this study is the differential prevalence of stress in rural and urban areas. Although it has long been alleged that urban life is more stressful than that experienced in rural districts, the available evidence is far from consistent. This study, employing stress-alleviative drug use as an operational index of stress, examines rates of prescriptions for such drugs across the rural-urban continuum in New Zealand. The data, obtained from a nationwide surveys of pharmacists, are contrary to much of our conventional wisdom regarding urban stress. Our findings indicate that in fact stress-related disorders are much more prevalent among rural than urban residents.<p />
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SN  - 0002-9602
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/226600
ID  - ref1
ER  -