# Roughly three-quarters prefer certainty over uncertainty

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> Indexed question in Culture.

## Reading

Roughly three-quarters of Americans (73%) prefer situations where outcomes are certain over uncertain ones, including 20% who strongly agree, according to a June 2025 Verasight survey of 490 U.S. adults.

Only 8% disagree, and 18% land in the middle, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

## Topline

Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statement: I prefer situations in which outcomes are certain rather than uncertain.

Roughly three-quarters prefer certainty over uncertainty.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Agree: 35.5%
- Strongly Agree: 19.6%
- Neither Agree nor Disagree: 18.5%
- Somewhat Agree: 18.1%
- Somewhat Disagree: 4.4%
- Disagree: 2.5%
- Strongly Disagree: 1.4%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-06-25 → 2025-06-30
- Base (unweighted): 490
- Margin of error: +/- 5.4%
- Module: ICA Conference Omnibus Survey #2025-058
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

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## Citation

ICA Conference Omnibus Survey #2025-058, fielded June 25-30, 2025, N=490 US adults age 18+, +/- 5.4%.

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