Personality and marital surplus

Table 7 Divorce hazard ratios for first marriages—old cohorts

	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	β_m≠ β_f
	1	2	3	4	5	6	(p-value)
“Big 5” Personality Trait
Openness to Experience	1.190** (0.092)	1.271*** (0.090)	1.146* (0.088)	1.259*** (0.088)	1.184** (0.091)	1.238*** (0.087)	0.668
Conscientiousness	1.081 (0.083)	0.886 (0.071)	1.083 (0.083)	0.874* (0.068)	1.058 (0.080)	0.860* (0.068)	0.059
Extraversion	1.083 (0.082)	1.171** (0.088)	1.054 (0.080)	1.142* (0.084)	1.005 (0.075)	1.135* (0.084)	0.248
Agreeableness	0.859** (0.059)	0.981 (0.083)	0.873** (0.060)	0.999 (0.083)	0.873** (0.060)	1.025 (0.086)	0.147
Neuroticism	1.122* (0.074)	0.930 (0.064)	1.153** (0.074)	0.921 (0.063)	1.151** (0.071)	0.941 (0.065)	0.029
Risk Aversion			0.817*** (0.051)	0.859** (0.065)	0.855** (0.055)	0.880 (0.069)	0.777
Years of Education			1.042* (0.025)	0.944** (0.027)	1.002 (0.027)	0.930** (0.027)	0.059
German Ethnicity					1.732* (0.525)	2.056 (0.968)	0.769
East Germany					0.851 (0.162)	0.906 (0.169)	0.814
Religious Affiliation					0.454*** (0.061)	0.489*** (0.072)	0.711
Observations	1757	1622	1757	1622	1757	1622

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.