Objectives: Mothers play a pivotal role in adolescent development, but do the impacts of biological and non-biological mothers differ? Using two different model specifications, this study evaluates the correlation between biological/non-biological mothers and body mass index (BMI) growth and tests for changes in these correlations as adolescents age into young adults. Growth trajectory estimation projects growth differences among respondents with/without a biological mother.
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