Personality and marital surplus

Table 3 The probability of marriage by age 35: full sample

	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	β_m≠ β_f
	1	2	3	4	5	6	(p-value)
“Big 5” Personality Traits
Openness to Experience	−0.044*** (0.010)	−0.034** (0.014)	−0.032*** (0.010)	−0.027* (0.015)	−0.032*** (0.010)	−0.025* (0.014)	0.684
Conscientiousness	0.031*** (0.010)	0.055*** (0.013)	0.027*** (0.010)	0.050*** (0.013)	0.026*** (0.009)	0.050*** (0.013)	0.129
Extraversion	0.037*** (0.013)	0.015 (0.014)	0.037*** (0.013)	0.010 (0.014)	0.037*** (0.012)	0.009 (0.014)	0.045
Agreeableness	0.021** (0.009)	−0.030** (0.013)	0.020** (0.009)	−0.028** (0.013)	0.019** (0.009)	−0.029** (0.014)	0.004
Neuroticism	0.020** (0.009)	−0.003 (0.013)	0.012 (0.009)	−0.009 (0.014)	0.019** (0.009)	−0.011 (0.014)	0.071
Risk Aversion			0.014 (0.009)	0.005 (0.013)	0.012 (0.009)	0.000 (0.013)	0.448
Years of Education			−0.017*** (0.004)	−0.015*** (0.005)	−0.016*** (0.004)	−0.013*** (0.005)	0.639
German Ethnicity^d					−0.103*** (0.016)	−0.138*** (0.039)	0.406
East Germany^d					0.034 (0.022)	0.101*** (0.031)	0.078
Religious Affiliation^d					0.022 (0.019)	0.085*** (0.029)	0.069
Observations	3642	3469	3642	3469	3642	3469

Probit Model—Average Marginal Effects.
Note: Numbers in ( ) are robust standard errors. Model also includes age in 2005.
^d: marginal effect for discrete change of dummy variable from 0 to 1.
* = p < 0.1, ** = p < 0.05, *** = p < 0.01.