Influence of personality traits, gender, and socio‐economic factors in obesity in the english Longitudinal study of ageing Diop, Modou Ruiz-Adame Reina, Manuel Gaggero, Alessio Health Economics Personality traits BMI Obesity Big 5 Socioeconomic factors Solo se permite la publicación en repositorios institucionales por parte de la editora. No su distribución para ser compartido. A la fecha sigue siendo un archivo de acceso solo mediante pago o suscripción. Obesity is a chronic disorder associated with high mortality rates and high mor- bidity. The risk of obesity is associated with certain personality traits (PTs). Some studies have found correlations among some PTs and gender. Addition- ally, obesity implies higher costs in daily living. The aim of this paper is to over- come this problem in the literature and estimate the association between PTs and obesity by taking into account the economic situation of the individual. This study employs data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). We focus on waves 5 and 6 of the ELSA with a sample of 6562 individuals. The results suggests that the traits of agreeableness (β¼ 0:071,se ¼ 0:016, p < 0:001) and openness (β¼ 0:028,se : 0:014, p < 0:001) are positively and significantly associated with obesity. On the other hand, consciousness has a negative and statistically significant effect on obesity β¼ 0:072, se : 0:017, p < 0:001 ð Results are robust to the inclusion/exclusion of different regressors. 2025-01-28T13:16:58Z 2025-01-28T13:16:58Z 2022 journal article Diop, M., Ruiz‐Adame, M., & Gaggero, A. (2022). Influence of personality traits, gender, and socio‐economic factors in obesity in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Personality and Mental Health, 17(2), 176–183. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1575 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/100814 10.1002/pmh.1575 eng embargoed access Personality and Mental Health