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Table 7 Relationships between personality, literacy, and important life outcomes
From: Personality, competencies, and life outcomes: results from the German PIAAC longitudinal study
Model | Income (log)a,b | Health | Life satisfaction | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | II | III | I | II | III | I | II | III | |
Extraversion (linear) | .03 | .04 | .02 | .02 | .01 | .02 | |||
Agreeableness (linear) | −.02 | −.01 | .05** | .05** | .09*** | .09*** | |||
Conscientiousness (linear) | −.02 | .01 | .04* | .04* | .13*** | .14*** | |||
Emotional stability (linear) | .01 | .00 | .21*** | .20*** | .32*** | .31*** | |||
Openness (linear) | −.12*** | −.12*** | −.01 | −.01 | .00 | .00 | |||
Extraversion (quadratic) | −.02 | −.03 | .00 | .00 | −.01 | −.01 | |||
Agreeableness (quadratic) | .05* | .06* | .00 | .00 | .02 | .02 | |||
Conscientiousness (quadratic) | −.04 | −.03 | −.02 | −.02 | .00 | .01 | |||
Emotional stability (quadratic) | −.02 | −.02 | −.04** | −.04* | −.02 | −.02 | |||
Openness (quadratic) | −.07** | −.07** | −.02 | −.02 | −.03 | −.03 | |||
Literacy | .14*** | .14*** | .10*** | .09*** | .12*** | .11*** | |||
Age | .22*** | .26*** | .26*** | −.34*** | −.30*** | −.31*** | −.12*** | −.06** | −.08*** |
Gender (women) | −.13*** | −.14*** | −.13*** | .00 | −.03 | .00 | .03* | −.01 | .03* |
Education | .28*** | .20*** | .21*** | .14*** | .12*** | .10*** | .11*** | .09*** | .06*** |
Migration (migrant) | −.01 | .00 | .01 | −.02 | −.01 | .00 | −.04** | −.04* | −.02 |
N | 1626 | 1626 | 1626 | 3716 | 3716 | 3716 | 3717 | 3717 | 3717 |
R2 | .19 | .18 | .20 | .16 | .11 | .16 | .17 | .04 | .17 |