‘You are Iranian even if you were born on the moon’: family language policies of the Iranian diaspora in the UK

Figures & data

Table

	Mothers	Age	Length of Residence	Education	Mothers’ Occupation	Father’s Occupation	Children	Age	Place of Birth
1	Mother	44	13	MA	Teacher	Lecturer	Boy	13	Iran
2	Mother	41	17	PhD	Lecturer	Construction	Girl	8.7	UK
3	Mother	43	15	BA	Persian Teacher	Engineer	Girl Boy	9.2 12.4	UK UK
4	Mother	45	16	MA	Housewife	Real estate investor	Girl Boy	6.4 10.4	UK UK
5	Mother	39	10	BA	Housewife	Taxi driver	Boy	7	UK
6	Narges	41	11	Associate’s degree	Sales staff	Taxi driver	Girl	11.3	UK
7	Naji	45	35	GP	Property business	MBA Engineer	Arad Hirad	11 8	US US
8	Parisa	42	17	Associate’s degree	Housewife	Audiologist	Yara Tara	12.6 14	UK UK
9	Mother	35	9	BSc	Housewife	Builder	Boy Girl	5.2 3	UK UK
10	Mother	37	12	Diploma	Student	Carpenter	Girl Boy	10.4 9.6	UK UK
11	Leili	33	11	Diploma	Housewife	Truck Driver	Ava Girl	10 2	UK UK
12	Maryam	35	11	BA	Teaching assistant	Butcher	Girl Girl	9.8 4	UK UK
13	Fatemeh	47	17	Diploma	Housewife	Butcher	Alma Aila	12 9	UK UK
14	Mother	40	14	BA	Housewife	Taxi driver	Girl	10.7	UK
15	Sima	42	11	BA	Hairdresser	Chef	Asal	9.5	UK
16	Pegah	49	17	BA	Housewife	PhD student	Ghazal	9	UK
17	Mother	43	15	BS	Teacher	Businessman	Boy	9	UK
18	Mother	37	16	Diploma	Housewife	staff	Boy Boy	8 16	UK UK