Table 2 Mean values and standard deviations for personality traits and factor indices for women participating in the psychiatric examination of the 1968–69 Population Study of Women in Gothenburg as well as differences in means between younger (aged 38–46) and older (aged 50–54) age groups with a 95% confidence interval (CI) for age group difference

Cesarec-Marke Personality Schedule

ACH-achievement

6.21

2.90

0.06

−0.4-0.5

0.48

AFF- affiliation

8.87

2.56

−0.25

−0.7-0.2

0.04

AGG-aggression

3.94

2.88

0.32

−0.1-0.8

0.03

DST-defence of status

7.35

3.17

−0.11

−0.6-0.4

0.68

GUI – guilt feelings

7.37

3.05

−0.005

−0.5-0.5

0.44

DOM-dominance

6.50

3.29

0.17

−0.4-0.7

0.56

EXH-exhibition

4.58

3.13

0.40

−0.1-0.9

0.15

AUT-autonomy

6.80

2.29

−0.07

−0.4-0.3

0.39

NUR-nurturance

11.89

2.21

−0.58

−0.9 - -0.2

0.001

ORD-order

11.43

2.68

−0.20

−0.6-0.2

0.15

SUC-succorance

8.05

2.93

0.29

−0.2-0.8

0.17

Neurotic self-assertiveness

126.52

39.97

0.96

−5.5-7.4

0.89

Dominance

12.31

55.34

4.90

−4.0-13.8

0.21

Aggressive non-conformance

−6.40

26.30

3.38

−0.9-7.6

0.12

Passive dependency

114.92

30.06

0.11

−4.8-5.0

0.87

Sociability

74.30

19.05

−4.74

−7.8 - -1.7

0.0001

Eysenck Personality Inventory

Extraversion

11.38

3.31

−0.31

−0.8-0.2

0.54

Neuroticism

8.12

4.60

−0.28

−1.0-0.5

0.74

Lie scale

3.69

1.69

−0.34

−0.6 - -0.1

0.0004