Summary Two epidemiological studies have been recently carried out in Florence and the surrounding area in Italy, to lest a hypothesis that work conditions affect alcohol drinking patterns. This hypothesis is based both on available health statistics and on a previous epidemiological study carried out in the same area in the late 1970's. Two hundred and fourteen factory employees and 184 agricultural workers were interviewed using a questionnaire that addresses socio‐demographic characteristics, psychological and social aspects, and alcohol drinking patterns. The main results include: average per capita per day anhydrous alcohol consumption is 34.9g among factory employees, and 87.9 among agricultural workers. Wine is the most common alcoholic beverage, and it is drunk essentially together with other people. In the factory, workmen drink significantly more than clerks. There is a drinking culture that is more rooted in the country than in urban areas. No other significant relationship was found between drinking pattern and work features.
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Allamani et al. (1988) studied this question.