On average young adults who experienced some unemployment in early work life earn about 360 CHF (monthly gross wage) less compared to a comparable group of young skilled workers who did not experience early unemployment.
The goal of the Project was to provide a tool to be used in association studies, where the haplotypes in individuals with a disease are compared to those of a comparable group of individuals without a disease.
The standard mortality ratio was calculated by comparing the mortality among the users with the mortality in a comparable group (5-year-age groups, gender, ethnic background) in the general Amsterdam population.
In one classic study, sociologists at the University of Washington compared students who were part of the "Jesus people" movement with a comparable group of professed atheists and found that atheists were no more likely to cheat on tests than were Christians and no less likely to volunteer at a hospital for the mentally disabled.
In a case-control study, researchers compare factors found among people with a certain disease to factors among a comparable group of people without that disease.
A comparable group of tombs has been found at Horoztepe near Tokat.
Can anybody think of another time in history when a comparable group of young people was asked to be at once so brave, fierce and relentless, while also being so sympathetic, creative and forbearing?
The diet component of the Women's Health Initiative compared some 20,000 women advised to cut dietary fat and increase their intake of produce to a comparable group given the federal dietary guidelines.
The results show that a lower share of adopted men and women has a long post-secondary education than do a comparable group of Swedish born men and women.
Researchers in San Diego, for example, recently reported that those diabetics who were more satisfied with their friendships were better able to control the disease than were a comparable group of diabetics who reported being dissatisfied with their friendships.
In Kuwait, a significant increase in serum osmolality, sodium and bicarbonate was observed only in a group of fasting Muslims with sedentary lifestyles, but not in a comparable group of physically active Muslims (Ramadan et al, 1999).
