Intergenerational transmission of poverty Adults aged between 25 and 59 years by age group according to their own level of education and the highest educational level of their father and mother when they were teenagers. Unidades: Total number of adults aged 25 to 59 years. Total Low level (lower secondary education or less) Intermediate level (upper secondary education) High level (higher education) Not specified Not applicable: The adult lived in a private household, but not with the father or mother Not applicable: The adult lived in a group home or institution Total Total 23.204.947 13.026.726 3.137.693 3.837.671 2.890.393 160.010 152.453 Primary education or lower 1.817.497 1.426.499 52.316 24.502 268.295 26.181 19.703 Lower secondary education 5.257.976 3.799.670 354.292 202.806 812.888 47.402 40.918 Upper secondary education 5.497.674 3.077.790 874.445 640.258 804.083 42.180 58.916 Higher education 10.613.793 4.720.653 1.856.098 2.969.565 990.548 44.013 32.916 Not specified 18.008 2.114 542 540 14.579 233 .. From 25 to 44 years old Total 11.882.038 5.580.655 2.102.810 2.587.315 1.463.356 82.061 65.842 Primary education or lower 777.461 607.845 30.315 17.106 99.009 11.624 11.562 Lower secondary education 2.363.595 1.527.511 272.067 144.511 373.377 25.033 21.095 Upper secondary education 2.730.494 1.299.196 567.492 405.932 408.082 28.039 21.753 Higher education 5.997.026 2.145.061 1.232.394 2.019.226 571.549 17.364 11.432 Not specified 13.462 1.041 542 540 11.339 .. .. From 45 to 59 Total 11.322.910 7.446.071 1.034.883 1.250.356 1.427.038 77.949 86.611 Primary education or lower 1.040.036 818.655 22.002 7.396 169.285 14.557 8.141 Lower secondary education 2.894.382 2.272.159 82.226 58.295 439.511 22.369 19.822 Upper secondary education 2.767.179 1.778.594 306.952 234.326 396.002 14.141 37.164 Higher education 4.616.767 2.575.592 623.703 950.339 418.999 26.649 21.485 Not specified 4.546 1.072 .. .. 3.241 233 .. 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. Fuente: Instituto Nacional de Estadística