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Table 12 Self-declared employability and cognitive and non-cognitive skills

From: Personality, cognitive skills and life outcomes: evidence from the Polish follow-up study to PIAAC

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)
Numeracy		0.090**			0.090**	0.093**	0.092**
Conscientiousness			0.143*		0.146*		0.135*
Extraversion			− 0.018		− 0.012		− 0.012
Agreeableness			− 0.123		− 0.122		− 0.117
Openness			− 0.019		− 0.025		− 0.028
Neuroticism			− 0.021		− 0.018		− 0.019
Perseverance of effort				0.028		0.036	0.036
Consistency of interest				− 0.005		− 0.013	− 0.021
Age	0.045***	0.045***	0.041**	0.045***	0.041**	0.045***	0.042**
Age # age	− 0.001***	− 0.001***	− 0.000**	− 0.001***	− 0.000**	− 0.001***	− 0.000**
Female	− 0.117**	− 0.095*	− 0.108*	− 0.122**	− 0.089	− 0.101*	− 0.091*
Years of education	0.066***	0.051***	0.068***	0.066***	0.053***	0.051***	0.053***
Constant	− 1.744***	− 1.557***	− 1.697***	− 1.731***	− 1.516***	− 1.543***	− 1.518***
Observations	3224	3224	3224	3224	3224	3224	3224
R ²	0.042	0.048	0.046	0.043	0.052	0.049	0.052

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. Dependent variable, numeracy and non-cognitive skills are standardised

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