The phrase "the social background" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when referring to the context of someone's upbringing, environment, or surrounding culture. For example, "Our research found a relationship between educational attainment and the social background of the students."
The commission also pointed out that the intake of the most selective universities was more socially advantaged than would be expected given the social background of those with the necessary A-level grades to get a place.
What was the social background when each film was released?
"In the social background I came from, people never asked, 'Am I happy?' Self-fulfillment wasn't a concept".
Testosterone helps men focus on the immediate task and neglect the social background and the personal relationships".
The quality of writing, the detail and insight into the social background, would clearly designate it as a literary novel.
Rather than economic relations producing social integration, Polanyi argued, the social background, and institutions in particular, integrated the economy.
It provided, as it were, the social background, which in turn gave resonance to the actions of the main characters.
Grisoni retained Peace's noir fatalism, his colloquial, bitter pungency — the gibes and roughhousing of male camaraderie and rivalry — and he filled out the social background.
In Britain, according to statistics on the social backgrounds of MPs, around 14% of MPs in 2010 were formerly barristers or solicitors.
Descriptive statistics were used to identify and analyze the social backgrounds and fashion information sources for each group on the basis of the interview object criteria.
The common ethnic lineage, the social backgrounds and behavioral profile of STI patients in Hong Kong may be of useful reference in analyzing STI epidemiology in Greater China.
