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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 3 Hazard ratios of childbearing (first childbirth)

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

 

Total

Females

Males

Agreeableness

1.07

1.04

1.10

(1.00; 1.15)

(0.95; 1.14)

(0.99; 1.21)

Conscientiousness

0.94

0.99

0.91

(0.88; 1.01)

(0.90; 1.09)

(0.82; 1.01)

Extraversion

1.05

0.98

1.14

(0.98; 1.12)

(0.90; 1.07)

(1.04; 1.26)

Neuroticism

0.99

0.96

1.02

(0.92; 1.06)

(0.88; 1.06)

(0.92; 1.13)

Openness

0.98

1.01

0.94

(0.91; 1.05)

(0.92; 1.10)

(0.84; 1.04)

Gender (ref.: Females)

 Males

0.88

–

–

(0.78; 0.99)

  

 Years of education

1.00

0.98

1.01

(0.98; 1.03)

(0.95; 1.02)

(0.97; 1.05)

Enrolment status (ref.: Not enrolled)

 Enrolled

0.70

0.53

0.96

(0.56; 0.86)

(0.40; 0.70)

(0.71; 1.31)

 Birth year

1.04

1.04

1.04

(1.02; 1.06)

(1.02; 1.07)

(1.01; 1.06)

Civil status (ref.: Single)

 Cohabited

7.87

5.53

12.51

(6.02; 10.27)

(4.04; 7.57)

(7.83; 19.99)

 Married

25.70

16.23

45.58

(19.69; 33.54)

(11.94; 22.07)

(28.53; 72.81)

 Divorced/widowed

3.00

2.53

3.72

(1.17; 7.67)

(0.74; 8.64)

(0.86; 16.13)

 Income (log)

1.19

1.07

1.34

(1.07; 1.33)

(0.94; 1.22)

(1.15; 1.56)

Maternal education (ref.: Secondary Degree)

 No degree

0.87

0.94

0.98

(0.54; 1.39)

(0.52; 1.71)

(0.49; 1.94)

 Intermediate degree

1.05

1.02

1.14

(0.89; 1.25)

(0.80; 1.29)

(0.89; 1.46)

 Upper secondary degree

1.11

1.10

1.19

(0.88; 1.40)

(0.81; 1.49)

(0.84; 1.68)

 Other

1.54

1.06

2.43

(0.98; 2.42)

(0.56; 2.04)

(1.40; 4.21)

Paternal education (ref.: Secondary Degree)

 No degree

1.75

2.54

1.13

(1.04; 2.96)

(1.34; 4.82)

(0.58; 2.24)

 Intermediate degree

1.13

1.15

1.11

(0.94; 1.35)

(0.90; 1.46)

(0.86; 1.44)

 Upper secondary degree

1.11

1.28

0.92

(0.92; 1.34)

(0.98; 1.66)

(0.68; 1.24)

 Other

0.95

1.08

0.79

(0.60; 1.50)

(0.57; 2.05)

(0.42; 1.49)

Region (ref.: West)

 East

1.53

1.61

1.44

(1.25; 1.86)

(1.28; 2.03)

(1.11; 1.86)

N

28,100

12,904

15,196