ethnic background

collocation in English

meanings of ethnicand background

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ethnic
adjective
uk /ˈeθ.nɪk/ us /ˈeθ.nɪk/
relating or belonging to a group of people who can be seen as distinct (= different) because they have a shared culture, tradition, language, history, ...
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background
noun
uk /ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/ us /ˈbæk.ɡraʊnd/
the things that can be seen behind the main things or people in ...
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Examples of ethnic background

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Further analysis by ethnicbackground identified 52 % of cases being from the same ethnicbackground.
Finally, ethnicbackground and immigrant status also affect attitudes towards immigration.
They sought to support family carers irrespective of their ethnicbackground.
Adjusted for gender, age, level of education, ethnicbackground and religion.
There was no difference between the ethnicbackground groups in terms of attitudes to ageing.
It is spoken by at least 95% of the inhabitants, irrespective of ethnicbackground.
The respondents' ethnicbackground had a significant influence on contraceptive knowledge.
It also included socio-demographic questions, including ethnicbackground and socio-economic background.
Individuals were selected to represent a diversity of age, gender, ethnicbackground and socio-economic status.
Appreciation of cultural and ethnicbackground differences is one significant component.
They are even less satisfactory for the sampling of older persons of minority ethnicbackground.
There is little empirical research on the influence of ethnicbackground on attitudes to filial obligations.
There have been several attempts to identify the ethnicbackground of respondents on the basis of names.
One's historical sense of continuity is usually constructed from off shore, and depends on individual ethnicbackground and international perspectives.
Common covariates include age, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicbackground, and education, learning styles, previous experience, prior knowledge and aptitudes.
False positive (or false negative) results could emerge if cases and controls are not matched in their ethnicbackground.
More research is identified to explore the underlying mechanism explaining the effect of ethnicbackground on health care use.
The ethnicbackground of the respondents was defined according to country of birth and that of the respondent's parents.
The respondents were interviewed in their homes, in most cases by an interviewer of the same ethnicbackground.
In a number of cases, by using this term the respondents were signaling their disinclination to reveal their ethnicbackground.
It unifies us whatever our political, religious or ethnicbackground.
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This concept is based simply on their ethnicbackground.
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