Table 4.

Determinants of fever concepts on single item level and on total score on fever scale

		Adjusted Odds-Ratios (95% CI)
Item	Item	Culture c	SESb		Other variables
No.			medium	high	Child deathd
1a	Lowering temperature	2.79 (1.76-4.41)	-	-	1.89 (1.03-3.47)
2	Body copes itself	1.95 (1.18-3.24)	0.42 (0.24-0.73)	0.35 (0.17-0.69)	e
3	Fever important for development	1.60 (0.96-2.67)	0.40 (0.23-0.70)	0.52 (0.26-1.02)	e
4	Fever means body fights	2.53 (1.40-4.59)	0.35 (0.20-0.63)	0.13 (0.05-0.36)	e
5	Fever normal in childhood	2.31 (1.24-4.28)	0.63 (0.34-1.15)	0.28 (0.11-0.75)	e
6a	Antibiotics safest treatment	4.37 (2.31-8.22)	0.48 (0.27-0.86)	0.19 (0.07-0.55)	e
Total score on fever scale (Splitting-value of 20)		1.99 (1.16-3.44)	0.53 (0.30-0.92)	0.44 (0.21-0.95)	e

^a: Items were recoded in reverse order.

^b: AORs for medium and high SES are presented in relation to low SES.

^c: Culture represents a Turkish in relation to a German cultural background.

^d: Child death represents having the experience of a child death in own or close family in relation to not having this experience.

^e: No association found.