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Table 4 The probability of marriage by age 35: old cohorts

From: Personality and marital surplus

 

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

βm≠ βf

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

(p-value)

“Big 5” Personality Traits

       

Openness to Experience

−0.018* (0.010)

−0.026 (0.018)

−0.005 (0.010)

−0.021 (0.019)

−0.003 (0.010)

−0.020 (0.019)

0.428

Conscientiousness

0.012 (0.012)

0.046*** (0.015)

0.008 (0.012)

0.042*** (0.016)

0.007 (0.011)

0.041** (0.016)

0.080

Extraversion

0.039** (0.016)

0.032* (0.017)

0.035** (0.015)

0.026* (0.016)

0.032** (0.014)

0.028* (0.016)

0.851

Agreeableness

0.017 (0.011)

−0.049*** (0.016)

0.018* (0.010)

−0.048*** (0.017)

0.018* (0.010)

−0.049*** (0.016)

0.000

Neuroticism

0.015 (0.010)

0.008 (0.017)

0.011 (0.010)

0.006 (0.017)

0.011 (0.009)

0.004 (0.017)

0.716

Risk Aversion

  

0.003 (0.012)

−0.004 (0.017)

0.002 (0.011)

−0.007 (0.017)

0.657

Years of Education

  

−0.016*** (0.004)

−0.011* (0.006)

−0.015*** (0.004)

−0.010 (0.006)

0.488

German Ethnicityd

    

−0.076*** (0.014)

−0.095* (0.054)

0.733

East Germanyd

    

0.047** (0.018)

0.095*** (0.034)

0.212

Religious Affiliationd

    

−0.012 (0.020)

0.068* (0.036)

0.052

Observations

1830

1735

1830

1735

1830

1735

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