Intergenerational transmission of poverty Adults aged between 25 and 59 years by age group according to their own level of education and the activity status of their father when they were teenagers. Unidades: Total number of adults aged 25 to 59 years. Total Employed (father) Unemployed (father) Not specified Not applicable: The adult lived in a private household but did not live with the father Not applicable: The adult lived in a group home or institution Total Total 23.204.947 19.700.997 928.443 900.584 1.522.471 152.453 Primary education or lower 1.817.497 1.426.257 138.201 86.555 146.781 19.703 Lower secondary education 5.257.976 4.343.473 230.508 230.857 412.221 40.918 Upper secondary education 5.497.674 4.574.499 213.424 206.534 444.301 58.916 Higher education 10.613.793 9.344.680 345.770 371.492 518.935 32.916 Not specified 18.008 12.089 540 5.147 233 .. From 25 to 44 years old Total 11.882.038 10.022.119 470.431 446.918 876.728 65.842 Primary education or lower 777.461 599.147 61.474 31.948 73.330 11.562 Lower secondary education 2.363.595 1.910.189 101.970 112.736 217.605 21.095 Upper secondary education 2.730.494 2.232.148 109.635 95.777 271.182 21.753 Higher education 5.997.026 5.270.395 196.813 203.777 314.610 11.432 Not specified 13.462 10.241 540 2.681 .. .. From 45 to 59 Total 11.322.910 9.678.877 458.012 453.666 645.743 86.611 Primary education or lower 1.040.036 827.110 76.727 54.607 73.451 8.141 Lower secondary education 2.894.382 2.433.284 128.537 118.121 194.616 19.822 Upper secondary education 2.767.179 2.342.351 103.790 110.757 173.118 37.164 Higher education 4.616.767 4.074.285 148.957 167.715 204.325 21.485 Not specified 4.546 1.847 .. 2.466 233 .. 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