Schools were grouped according to the wealth or ethnicbackground of the children's families.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The programme has seen eight locals from different ethnicbackgrounds share a house.
The Sun (2012)
Illegal immigrants were often employed by people from the same ethnicbackground because it was more convenient to have workers speaking the same language.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Definition of 'background'
background
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countable noun [usually singular]
Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have.