Uncertainty avoidance, the extent to which people in a culture feel threatened by uncertain or unknown situations. Cultures strong in uncertainty avoidance are active, aggressive, emotional, compulsive, security seeking, and intolerant. Cultures weak in uncertainty avoidance are contemplative, less aggressive, unemotional, relaxed, accepting of personal risks, and relatively tolerant.

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Religion: Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christian cultures (except the Philippines and Ireland) score high. Judaic and Muslim cultures tend to score in the middle. Protestant Christian cultures score low. Eastern religion cultures score medium to very low (except Japan). History: cultures with a Romance language and history of Roman codified laws score high on uncertainty avoidance. Cultures with Chinese-speaking populations and Confucian tradition tend to score lower.

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