low-income background

collocation in English

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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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(Definition ofbackgroundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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If one comes from alow-incomebackground, one will have a debt of £10,320—£5,265 higher than in the current system.
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I do not accept their coming from alow-incomebackgroundas an excuse for them breaking the law.
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A-level qualifications are not the only issue; there are other problems of equitable access for those from alow-incomebackground.
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School milk is an essential service for young children, particularly those with alow-incomebackground.
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A student from alow-incomebackgroundwill get a £4,000 loan, will not be expected to pay the £1,100 fee and will get a grant on top of that.
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What emerges clearly from this work is that children from low-income backgrounds develop language that is different in kind and degree from that of their higher income peers.
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A policy of abolishing such support will result in students from low-income backgrounds contributing, exclusively, to the cost of expanding the higher education system.
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I should emphasise that, because of the nature of the income test, those from low-income backgrounds do not have to pay tuition fees.
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It is clear that young people from low-income backgrounds are under-represented in higher education.
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The problem is about equitable access for students from low-income backgrounds.
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Abolishing the maintenance grant and imposing greater debt on students from low-income backgrounds is incompatible with any serious commitment to widening access.
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It will provide financial support to allow young people from low-income backgrounds to become volunteers.
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However, in the review of student finance, will she look sympathetically at the introduction of maintenance grants for students from low-income backgrounds?
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We do not believe that saddling students from low-income backgrounds with large debts is a sensible or convincing way of broadening access to higher education.
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That said, we already have a larger proportion of students coming from low-income backgrounds.
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