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Citation

Webb SD, Collette J. Am. J. Sociol. 1977; 83(3): 700-707.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1977, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/226600

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

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.

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