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Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2014 Mar;106(3):484–498. doi: 10.1037/a0035687

Table 6. Correlations between Age-26 Big Five Personality Traits, Health Risk Factors, and Age-26 Index of Poor Health.

	Extraversion	Agreeableness	Neuroticism	Conscientiousness	Openness-to- Experience
Family Socioeconomic Status	0.09 ^**	0.10 ^**	−0.10 ^**	0.04	0.19 ^***
Education	0.12 ^***	0.20 ^***	−0 19 ^***	0.20 ^***	0.27 ^***
Smoking	−0.01	−0 17 ^***	0.15 ^***	−0.16 ^***	−0.05
Obesity	0.01	0.05	0.02	−0.05	−0.04
Global Self-Reported Health	0.06	0.10 ^**	−0 17 ^***	0.15 ^***	0.05
Physical Functioning	0.01	0.04	−0.14 ^***	0.12 ^***	0.03
Current or Past Medical Conditions	0.10 ^**	−0.03	0.20 ^***	−0.03	0.05
Family Medical History	−0.01	0.04	0.00	0.02	−0.02
Poor Health Index at Age 26	−0.07 ^*	−0.02	−0.01	−0.12 ^***	−0.10 ^**

Indicates that correlations are significant at the level p<0.05

^**

at p<0.01

^***

at p<0.001