Intergenerational transmission of poverty Adults aged between 25 and 59 years by age group according to their income quintile per unit of consumption and the level of education of their mother when they were teenagers. Unidades: Total number of adults aged 25 to 59 years. Total Low level (lower secondary education or less) (mother) Intermediate level (upper secondary education) (mother) High level (higher education) (mother) Not specified Not applicable: The adult lived in a private household but did not live with the mother Not applicable: The adult lived in a group home or institution Total Total 23.204.947 15.482.724 2.754.438 2.363.449 2.051.696 400.187 152.453 First quintile 4.159.099 2.949.112 402.158 248.155 400.613 113.071 45.991 Second quintile 4.502.018 3.214.431 449.386 248.034 453.345 98.727 38.095 Third quintile 4.832.293 3.350.195 539.231 355.631 489.736 68.191 29.310 Fourth quintile 4.907.253 3.288.206 583.167 537.367 408.727 68.557 21.230 Fifth quintile 4.804.283 2.680.781 780.497 974.263 299.275 51.639 17.828 From 25 to 44 years old Total 11.882.038 6.769.039 1.970.930 1.815.046 1.061.256 199.926 65.842 First quintile 2.114.400 1.368.479 281.745 182.609 192.331 62.994 26.242 Second quintile 2.290.148 1.454.668 334.996 189.467 239.495 50.902 20.620 Third quintile 2.561.847 1.549.176 428.813 275.103 268.133 31.346 9.275 Fourth quintile 2.530.948 1.426.393 416.681 428.445 220.503 34.265 4.662 Fifth quintile 2.384.694 970.323 508.695 739.422 140.792 20.418 5.044 From 45 to 59 Total 11.322.910 8.713.686 783.508 548.403 990.440 200.261 86.611 First quintile 2.044.699 1.580.632 120.413 65.546 208.281 50.077 19.749 Second quintile 2.211.870 1.759.763 114.389 58.567 213.850 47.825 17.476 Third quintile 2.270.446 1.801.019 110.418 80.528 221.603 36.845 20.034 Fourth quintile 2.376.305 1.861.813 166.486 108.922 188.224 34.293 16.568 Fifth quintile 2.419.589 1.710.458 271.802 234.841 158.483 31.221 12.784 Notas: This table takes into account the current situation of adults aged 25-59 and that of their parents or household when the child was an adolescent.Income per unit of consumption is obtained, for each household, by dividing total household income by the number of units of consumption. The distribution of persons is taken. Fuente: Instituto Nacional de Estadística