Cultural differences in the health of one's reference group, different expectations of one's health, and differences in response style, or in the connotation of the symptom questions, may play a role, so that it is uncertain whether the symptom scales function equivalently in all three groups.
The court ruled that the ban "was not expressly based on the religious connotation of the clothing in question but solely on the fact that it concealed the face".
The ECHR conceded that the ban disproportionately affected Muslim women but, "it was not expressly based on the religious connotation of the clothing in question but solely on the fact that it concealed the face".
The European Court of Human Rights upheld France's burqa ban, ruling that it "was not expressly based on the religious connotation of the clothing in question but solely on the fact that it concealed the face".
Even the word "leftovers" carries the negative connotation of the unwanted, the uneaten, the scraps.
This connotation of the word 'convention' has led to many misrepresentations of Poincaré's views.
The negative connotation of the term is too powerful.
The name also has an implied connotation of "the essence of female beauty and allurement".
Also, the connotation of the labels of the scale may 'distort' judgment [18], [19], [20].
The meaning and connotation of the word stigma has varied considerably over the centuries.
