**Table 11.** LPM regressions- effects of norms and personality traits on wage employment  (vs. self-employment) - _pooled_ sample

||(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|(5)|(6)|(7)|(8)|(9)|(10)|(11)|(12)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||_Norms_|_Norms+_<br>_Controls_|_Norms+_<br>_Controls+P_<br>_ersonality_|_Norms+_<br>_Controls+_<br>_Impulsive_|_Norms+_<br>_Controls+_<br>_Work_<br>_Central_|_Norms+_<br>_Controls+_<br>_Tenacity_|_Norms+_<br>_Controls+_<br>_Polychronici_<br>_ty_|_Norms+_<br>_Controls+_<br>_Locus of_<br>_Control_|_Norms+_<br>_Control+_<br>_Achievement_|_Norms+_<br>_Control+_<br>_Power_<br>_Motivation_|_Norms+_<br>_Controls+_<br>_Organized_|_Norms+_<br>_Controls+_<br>_Optimism_|
|Traditional|-0.002|0.001|-0.000|-0.007|0.003|0.001|0.002|0.006|0.013*|0.002|0.014**|0.014|
||(-1.53)|(0.64)|(-0.10)|(-1.53)|(0.52)|(0.11)|(0.54)|(1.26)|(1.72)|(0.31)|(2.58)|(1.58)|
|Gender(male=1)||0.193***|0.208***|0.189***|0.195***|0.194***|0.193***|0.208***|0.196***|0.194***|0.192***|0.201***|
|||(6.27)|(6.55)|(6.15)|(6.25)|(6.25)|(6.29)|(6.58)|(6.39)|(6.31)|(6.24)|(6.44)|
|Age||-0.002|-0.004|-0.002|-0.002|-0.002|-0.002|-0.004|-0.002|-0.002|-0.002|-0.003|
|||(-0.27)|(-0.58)|(-0.35)|(-0.25)|(-0.26)|(-0.24)|(-0.54)|(-0.29)|(-0.27)|(-0.34)|(-0.39)|
|Age_sq||-0.000|-0.000|-0.000|-0.000|-0.000|-0.000|-0.000|-0.000|-0.000|-0.000|-0.000|
|||(-0.59)|(-0.28)|(-0.52)|(-0.60)|(-0.60)|(-0.61)|(-0.35)|(-0.58)|(-0.60)|(-0.52)|(-0.49)|
|Married||0.013|0.018|0.013|0.013|0.012|0.012|0.016|0.013|0.012|0.016|0.015|
|||(0.31)|(0.46)|(0.33)|(0.31)|(0.30)|(0.30)|(0.39)|(0.33)|(0.31)|(0.40)|(0.38)|
|At least secondaryeducation||0.129***|0.130***|0.132***|0.129***|0.130***|0.130***|0.133***|0.127***|0.129***|0.125***|0.126***|
|||(4.10)|(4.20)|(4.17)|(4.07)|(4.11)|(4.10)|(4.25)|(3.98)|(4.09)|(3.89)|(4.03)|
|Gender of head(male=1)||0.156***|0.157***|0.156***|0.156***|0.156***|0.156***|0.155***|0.154***|0.155***|0.159***|0.153***|
|||(3.54)|(3.57)|(3.57)|(3.51)|(3.53)|(3.54)|(3.52)|(3.52)|(3.53)|(3.63)|(3.49)|
|Muslim(Christian is base)||-0.126***|-0.122***|-0.123***|-0.125***|-0.126***|-0.126***|-0.125***|-0.129***|-0.127***|-0.127***|-0.130***|
|||(-3.82)|(-3.67)|(-3.73)|(-3.78)|(-3.78)|(-3.78)|(-3.88)|(-3.87)|(-3.83)|(-3.90)|(-3.90)|
|Spousepresent in household||-0.150***|-0.164***|-0.150***|-0.150***|-0.150***|-0.150***|-0.160***|-0.149***|-0.150***|-0.152***|-0.152***|
|||(-3.08)|(-3.31)|(-3.10)|(-3.07)|(-3.05)|(-3.08)|(-3.24)|(-3.07)|(-3.09)|(-3.14)|(-3.14)|
|Household size||-0.012**|-0.011**|-0.012**|-0.012**|-0.012**|-0.012**|-0.011**|-0.012**|-0.012**|-0.012**|-0.012**|
|||(-2.28)|(-2.16)|(-2.26)|(-2.29)|(-2.27)|(-2.27)|(-2.20)|(-2.20)|(-2.28)|(-2.29)|(-2.31)|
|Poor||-0.040|-0.037|-0.039|-0.040|-0.039|-0.040|-0.041|-0.039|-0.040|-0.039|-0.036|
|||(-1.18)|(-1.11)|(-1.17)|(-1.21)|(-1.18)|(-1.19)|(-1.23)|(-1.16)|(-1.18)|(-1.16)|(-1.08)|
|Urban||0.069*|0.062*|0.068*|0.070*|0.069*|0.069*|0.063*|0.071*|0.069*|0.071*|0.060*|
|||(1.83)|(1.66)|(1.85)|(1.86)|(1.83)|(1.83)|(1.71)|(1.86)|(1.83)|(1.88)|(1.66)|
|Ashanti(Northern is base)||-0.040|-0.039|-0.039|-0.038|-0.040|-0.041|-0.041|-0.033|-0.040|-0.041|-0.047|
|||(-1.16)|(-1.11)|(-1.13)|(-1.08)|(-1.16)|(-1.16)|(-1.20)|(-0.93)|(-1.12)|(-1.18)|(-1.31)|
|Impulsive|||-0.026|-0.164*|||||||||
||||(-1.32)|(-1.90)|||||||||
|Work centrality|||-0.022||0.009||||||||
||||(-1.39)||(0.16)||||||||

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