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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 17.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2022 Mar 17;37(3):401–412. doi: 10.1037/pag0000678

Table 2.

Summary of Regression Analysis Predicting Subjective Age from Personality Traits

MIDUSa HRSa NHATSa WLSGb WLSSb ELSAa Random Effect Heterogeneity Tau
Neuroticism .15
(.13;.18)
p<.001		 .21
(.19;.23)
p<.001		 .11
(.07;.16)
p<.001		 .15
(.12;.18)
p<.001		 .17
(.13;.21)
p<.001		 .16
(.13;.18)
p<.001		 0.16
(0.13; 0.19)
p<.001		 0.03
Extraversion −.18
(−.20;−.15)
p<.001		 −.25
(−.27;−.24)
p<.001		 −.16
(−.20;−.12)
p<.001		 −.14
(−.16;−.11)
p<.001		 −.17
(−.21;−.13)
p<.001		 −.22
(−.25;−.20)
p<.001		 −0.19
(−0.23;−0.15)
p<.001		 0.05
Openness −.16
(−.19;−.14)
p<.001		 −.24
(−.26;−.22)
p<.001		 −.15
(−.19;−.11)
p<.001		 −.19
(−.22;−.16)
p<.001		 −.17
(−.22;−.13)
p<.001		 −.19
(−.21;−.16)
p<.001		 −0.18
(−0.22;−0.15)
p<.001		 0.04
Agreeableness −.11
(−.13;−.08)
p<.001		 −.15
(−.17;−.13)
p<.001		 −.11
(−.15;−.07)
p<.001		 −.11
(−.14;−.08)
p<.001		 −.07
(−.11;−.02)
p= .002		 −.11
(−.13;−.08)
p<.001		 −0.11
(−0.13;−0.09)
p<.001		 0.02
Conscientiousness −.10
(−.13;−.08)
p<.001		 −.18
(−.20;−.16)
p<.001		 −.08
(−.12;−.04)
p<.001		 −.14
(−.17;−.11)
p<.001		 −.14
(−.18;−.10)
p<.001		 −.11
(−.13;−.08)
p<.001		 −0.13
(−0.16;−0.09)
p<.001		 0.04

Note. MIDUS: N=5,909; HRS: N= 11,034; NHATS: N= 2,395; WLSG: N= 4,355; WLSS: N= 2,341; ELSA= 5,765. Coefficients are standardized regression coefficients.

a

Adjusted for age, sex, education, and race

b

Adjusted for age, sex, and education