Personality and marital surplus

Table 8 Divorce hazard ratios for first marriages—young cohorts

	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	1.100 (0.095)	1.172* (0.106)	1.099 (0.100)	1.182* (0.108)	1.094 (0.102)	1.151 (0.102)	0.693
Conscientiousness	1.070 (0.104)	0.788** (0.076)	1.056 (0.105)	0.786** (0.075)	1.071 (0.108)	0.801** (0.075)	0.040
Extraversion	1.041 (0.082)	1.164 (0.132)	0.997 (0.082)	1.160 (0.131)	0.985 (0.081)	1.147 (0.124)	0.274
Agreeableness	1.026 (0.083)	1.024 (0.124)	1.059 (0.088)	1.022 (0.130)	1.066 (0.088)	1.015 (0.128)	0.705
Neuroticism	1.078 (0.091)	1.141 (0.105)	1.078 (0.089)	1.130 (0.104)	1.084 (0.090)	1.121 (0.102)	0.786
Risk Aversion			0.828** (0.079)	1.024 (0.110)	0.845* (0.082)	1.067 (0.120)	0.127
Years of Education			0.939 (0.036)	0.979 (0.037)	0.930* (0.037)	0.958 (0.039)	0.602
German Ethnicity					1.668 (0.639)	3.185*** (1.213)	0.269
East Germany					0.780 (0.191)	1.095 (0.274)	0.346
Religious Affiliation					0.630** (0.117)	0.636** (0.144)	0.974
Observations	1605	1422	1605	1422	1605	1422

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.