Personality and marital surplus

Table 6 Divorce hazard ratios for first marriages—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	1.142** (0.067)	1.227*** (0.070)	1.121* (0.068)	1.232*** (0.071)	1.129** (0.069)	1.215*** (0.069)	0.378
Conscientiousness	1.079 (0.067)	0.837*** (0.052)	1.075 (0.067)	0.831*** (0.052)	1.073 (0.068)	0.828*** (0.051)	0.004
Extraversion	1.068 (0.060)	1.159** (0.079)	1.035 (0.058)	1.132* (0.076)	1.003 (0.056)	1.127* (0.075)	0.185
Agreeableness	0.925 (0.050)	0.996 (0.070)	0.946 (0.052)	1.006 (0.072)	0.950 (0.052)	1.015 (0.072)	0.464
Neuroticism	1.106* (0.059)	1.010 (0.056)	1.122** (0.058)	1.000 (0.056)	1.121** (0.057)	1.011 (0.055)	0.165
Risk Aversion			0.826*** (0.046)	0.918 (0.059)	0.852*** (0.050)	0.951 (0.063)	0.876
Years of Education			1.000 (0.022)	0.956* (0.023)	0.975 (0.023)	0.939** (0.023)	0.876
German Ethnicity					1.787** (0.448)	2.401*** (0.747)	0.481
East Germany					0.834 (0.127)	0.964 (0.150)	0.508
Religious Affiliation					0.529*** (0.060)	0.540*** (0.068)	0.903
Observations	3362	3044	3362	3044	3362	3044

Cox proportional hazard model—Hazard ratios.
Note: Numbers in ( ) are robust standard errors. Model also includes age at first marriage and year of marriage.
* = p < 0.1, ** = p < 0.05, *** = p < 0.01.