**Table 8.** MNL regressions - effects of gender role attitudes and personality traits on employment outcomes ( _pooled_ sample)

||(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|(5)|(6)|(7)|(8)|(9)|(10)|(11)|(12)|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||_Norms_|_Norms+_<br>_Controls_|_Norms+_<br>_Control+_<br>_Personality_|_Norms+_<br>_Controls+_<br>_Impulsive_|_Norms+_<br>_Controls+_<br>_Work_<br>_Central_|_Norms+_<br>_Controls+_<br>_Tenacity_|_Norms+_<br>_Controls+_<br>_Polychroni_<br>_city_|_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_|
|**EMPLOYED**|||||||||||||
|Traditional|-0.032***|-0.014**|0.002|0.011|0.027|0.009|0.013|-0.086***|0.017|0.023|-0.014|-0.076*|
||(-6.24)|(-2.46)|(0.43)|(0.67)|(1.08)|(0.36)|(0.69)|(-3.72)|(0.57)|(1.11)|(-0.81)|(-1.79)|
|Gender(male=1)||-0.226*|-0.367***|-0.226*|-0.263**|-0.241**|-0.230*|-0.286**|-0.230*|-0.202*|-0.216*|-0.308**|
|||(-1.90)|(-2.77)|(-1.84)|(-2.18)|(-1.99)|(-1.91)|(-2.32)|(-1.91)|(-1.68)|(-1.80)|(-2.50)|
|Age||0.401***|0.403***|0.395***|0.393***|0.397***|0.407***|0.406***|0.401***|0.405***|0.401***|0.417***|
|||(11.46)|(11.52)|(11.33)|(10.95)|(11.34)|(11.67)|(11.47)|(11.34)|(11.62)|(11.38)|(12.22)|
|Age_sq||-0.005***|-0.005***|-0.005***|-0.005***|-0.005***|-0.005***|-0.005***|-0.005***|-0.005***|-0.005***|-0.005***|
|||(-11.04)|(-11.01)|(-10.90)|(-10.56)|(-10.94)|(-11.25)|(-11.04)|(-10.91)|(-11.16)|(-10.98)|(-11.68)|
|Married||0.303*|0.298|0.306*|0.316*|0.322*|0.297*|0.259|0.335**|0.293*|0.305*|0.285|
|||(1.81)|(1.64)|(1.81)|(1.84)|(1.93)|(1.75)|(1.50)|(1.96)|(1.75)|(1.81)|(1.64)|
|At least secondaryschool||0.623***|0.583***|0.588***|0.640***|0.615***|0.616***|0.599***|0.608***|0.619***|0.607***|0.602***|
|||(4.42)|(3.97)|(4.11)|(4.54)|(4.31)|(4.35)|(4.29)|(4.30)|(4.34)|(4.28)|(4.19)|
|Gender of head(male=1)||0.183|0.214|0.202|0.173|0.179|0.181|0.168|0.184|0.165|0.179|0.208|
|||(0.84)|(0.95)|(0.92)|(0.80)|(0.83)|(0.84)|(0.76)|(0.85)|(0.75)|(0.82)|(0.92)|
|Muslim(Christian is base)||0.197|0.163|0.191|0.164|0.172|0.195|0.181|0.171|0.206|0.192|0.232|
|||(0.96)|(0.75)|(0.95)|(0.81)|(0.85)|(0.94)|(0.88)|(0.84)|(0.98)|(0.93)|(1.05)|
|Spousepresent||-0.737***|-0.730***|-0.771***|-0.723***|-0.756***|-0.745***|-0.640***|-0.766***|-0.701***|-0.742***|-0.724***|
|||(-3.20)|(-2.97)|(-3.35)|(-3.11)|(-3.27)|(-3.24)|(-2.70)|(-3.29)|(-3.01)|(-3.22)|(-3.01)|
|Household size||-0.006|-0.011|-0.001|-0.002|-0.003|-0.004|-0.016|-0.004|-0.009|-0.005|-0.017|
|||(-0.22)|(-0.44)|(-0.04)|(-0.07)|(-0.12)|(-0.14)|(-0.63)|(-0.17)|(-0.35)|(-0.22)|(-0.71)|
|Poor||-0.731***|-0.785***|-0.720***|-0.721***|-0.734***|-0.729***|-0.735***|-0.726***|-0.718***|-0.742***|-0.801***|
|||(-4.73)|(-4.94)|(-4.59)|(-4.67)|(-4.70)|(-4.58)|(-4.66)|(-4.68)|(-4.65)|(-4.74)|(-5.22)|
|Urban||0.687***|0.772***|0.696***|0.718***|0.697***|0.693***|0.694***|0.703***|0.691***|0.688***|0.728***|
|||(3.37)|(3.43)|(3.35)|(3.34)|(3.32)|(3.35)|(3.35)|(3.39)|(3.38)|(3.35)|(3.59)|
|Ashanti(Northern is base)||0.256|0.183|0.239|0.235|0.262|0.228|0.240|0.296|0.267|0.251|0.334|
|||(1.28)|(0.85)|(1.21)|(1.19)|(1.32)|(1.11)|(1.16)|(1.50)|(1.32)|(1.24)|(1.54)|
|Impulsive|||-0.242**|0.073|||||||||
||||(-2.35)|(0.25)|||||||||

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