Community- and individual-level factors associated with smoking and heavy drinking among Aboriginal people in Canada

Objectives1) To examine the association between place of residence (i.e., on- versus off-communities and between provinces) and daily smoking and heavy drinking among Aboriginal people in Canada; and 2) to identify community- and individual-level factors that may account for these associations.MethodsData were from the Aboriginal Peoples Survey (2001). The sample included 52,110 Aboriginal people (≥15 years of age). Community-level variables …