Survey on Adult Population Involvement in Learning Activities 
INTERGENERATIONAL EDUCATIONAL MOBILITY
Intergenerational educational mobility of persons aged 18 to 65 by sex and highest educational level of their parents
Units: percentage of persons

	Upwards mobility	Downwards mobility	No mobility	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	74.52	7.20	18.28	
    Primary education and without studies	95.31	.	4.69	
    Secondary education	65.91	.	33.36	
    Post-secondary education or equivalent	42.40	20.36	37.24	
    University studies or the equivalent	.	41.01	58.99	
MEN	
    Total	74.19	7.76	18.04	
    Primary education and without studies	96.02	.	3.98	
    Secondary education	61.23	.	38.09	
    Post-secondary education or equivalent	39.05	22.97	37.97	
    University studies or the equivalent	.	44.15	55.85	
WOMEN	
    Total	74.85	6.63	18.52	
    Primary education and without studies	94.58	.	5.42	
    Secondary education	70.73	.	28.48	
    Post-secondary education or equivalent	45.76	17.74	36.50	
    University studies or the equivalent	.	37.95	62.05	
Notes:

.Data protected by statistical secrecy

1) Intergenerational mobility means the difference between the highest educational level of a person and the highest educational  level of their parents, so it will be upwards when the level of the person is higher that the one of their parents, downwards  when it is lower and there would not be mobility when the levels coincide.
 'Highest educational level of their parents' means the highest level comparing the highest educational level of the father and the highest educational  level of the mother of the interviewed person.
Data referring to the 12 months prior to the date of the survey.

 Symbol '.' it has to be understood as data that cannot be given as it might be affected by sampling errors.
Source: National Statistics Institute