Table 3.
Individual change categorised by raw-score changes in neuroticism and extraversion in accordance with the Eysenck Personality Inventory in two cohorts of women.
| Study year comparison | Birth Cohort 1930 | Birth cohort 1918/1922 | ||||||
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| Decreased ≥5 points | Stayed within +/− 4 points | Increased ≥ 5 points | Decreased ≥5 points | Stayed within +/− 4 points | Increased ≥ 5 points | Test1 | ||
| Neuroticism | 1968–2005 | 13 (21%) | 38 (62%) | 10 (16%) | 9 (10%) | 67 (73%) | 16 (17%) | 0.213 |
| 1968–1992 | - | - | - | 43 (16%) | 200 (73%) | 31 (11%) | ||
| 1992–2005 | - | - | - | 7 (9%) | 61 (81%) | 7 (9%) | ||
| Extraversion | 1968–2005 | 8 (13%) | 47(77%) | 6 (10%) | 5 (5%) | 80 (87%) | 7 (8%) | 0.127 |
| 1968–1992 | - | - | - | 26 (9%) | 224 (82%) | 24 (9%) | ||
| 1992–2005 | - | - | - | 12 (16%) | 62 (78%) | 1 (5%) | ||
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P-values from Fisher’s exacts tests between those staying within +/− 4 points and other categories combined.