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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 2 Descriptive statistics (Sample 2)

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

Sample 2—age at second childbirth
Individuals:	2740
Observations:	11,508
Events:	716

Baseline characteristics					Females		Males
Variable	Mean	Std. Dev.	Min	Max	Mean	Std. Dev.	Mean	Std. Dev.
Agreeableness	5.40	0.94	1	7	5.50	0.92	5.26	0.94
Conscientiousness	5.89	0.89	2	7	5.94	0.87	5.82	0.91
Extraversion	4.98	1.12	1.33	7	5.07	1.11	4.87	1.12
Neuroticism	3.83	1.22	1	7	4.08	1.20	3.51	1.16
Openness	4.57	1.16	1	7	4.69	1.20	4.43	1.09
Years of education	13.07	2.73	7	18	13.14	2.69	12.99	2.78
Birth Year			1956	1995
Income (log)	9.77	1.13	3.69	13.14	9.37	1.15	10.29	0.87

	N	%	N	%	N	%
Gender
Female	1532	55.91	–	–	–	–
Male	1208	44.09	–	–	–	–
Enrolment status
Not enrolled	2597	94.78	1452	94.78	1145	94.78
Enrolled	143	5.22	80	5.22	63	5.22
Civil status
Single	207	7.55	162	10.57	45	3.73
Cohabited	590	21.53	341	22.26	249	20.61
Married	1861	67.92	963	62.86	898	74.34
Divorced/widowed	82	2.99	66	4.31	16	1.32
Maternal education
No degree	104	3.80	49	3.20	55	4.55
Secondary degree	1385	50.55	752	49.09	633	52.40
Intermediate degree	817	29.82	478	31.20	339	28.06
Upper secondary degree	316	11.53	189	12.34	127	10.51
Other	118	4.31	64	4.18	54	4.47
Paternal education
No degree	87	3.18	44	2.87	43	3.56
Secondary degree	1385	50.55	760	49.61	625	51.74
Intermediate degree	686	25.04	405	26.44	281	23.26
Upper secondary degree	457	16.68	262	17.10	195	16.14
Other	125	4.56	61	3.98	64	5.30
Region
West	2020	73.72	1115	72.78	905	74.92
East	720	26.28	417	27.22	303	25.08

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