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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Descriptive statistics (Sample 1)

From: The prospective power of personality for childbearing: a longitudinal study based on data from Germany

Sample 1 Age at first childbirth
Individuals:	5758
Observations:	28,100
Events:	1065

Baseline characteristics					Females		Males
Variable	Mean	Std. Dev.	Min	Max	Mean	Std. Dev.	Mean	Std. Dev.
Agreeableness	5.34	0.95	1	7	5.47	0.92	5.23	0.96
Conscientiousness	5.61	0.98	1	7	5.69	0.94	5.54	1.01
Extraversion	4.96	1.17	1	7	5.11	1.15	4.82	1.18
Neuroticism	3.75	1.22	1	7	4.08	1.20	3.48	1.17
Openness	4.65	1.16	1	7	4.78	1.17	4.55	1.13
Years of education	12.63	2.59	7	18	12.87	2.57	12.43	2.59
Birth year			1956	1995
Income (log)	9.21	1.35	3.91	13.05	9.06	1.37	9.33	1.32

	N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender
Female	2656	46.13	–	–	–	–
Male	3102	53.87	–	–	–	–
Enrolment status
Not enrolled	3669	63.72	1593	59.98	2076	66.92
Enrolled	2089	36.28	1063	40.02	1026	33.08
Civil status
Single	3598	62.49	1572	59.19	2026	65.31
Cohabited	1199	20.82	621	23.38	578	18.63
Married	854	14.83	420	15.81	434	13.99
Divorced/widowed	107	1.86	43	1.62	64	2.06
Maternal education
No degree	172	2.99	79	2.97	93	3.00
Secondary degree	2207	38.33	965	36.33	1242	40.04
Intermediate degree	2095	36.38	993	37.39	1102	35.53
Upper secondary degree	974	16.92	476	17.92	498	16.05
Other	310	5.38	143	5.38	167	5.38
Paternal education
No degree	155	2.69	81	3.05	74	2.39
Secondary degree	2404	41.75	1060	39.91	1344	43.33
Intermediate degree	1508	26.19	712	26.81	796	25.66
Upper secondary degree	1372	23.83	673	25.34	699	22.53
Other	319	5.54	130	4.89	189	6.09
Region
West	4625	80.32	2187	82.34	2438	78.59
East	1133	19.68	469	17.66	664	21.41

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