Intergenerational transmission of poverty Adults aged between 25 and 59 years by age group according to their own level of education and father's country of birth. Unidades: Total number of adults aged 25 to 59 years. Total Spain (father) Foreign (rest of the European Union) (father) Foreign (rest of the world) (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 17.391.856 899.546 3.231.805 6.816 1.522.471 152.453 Primary education or lower 1.817.497 977.481 57.353 615.906 273 146.781 19.703 Lower secondary education 5.257.976 4.042.921 173.771 583.413 4.732 412.221 40.918 Upper secondary education 5.497.674 3.639.103 352.106 1.003.248 .. 444.301 58.916 Higher education 10.613.793 8.728.761 314.072 1.017.298 1.811 518.935 32.916 Not specified 18.008 3.591 2.245 11.940 0 233 .. From 25 to 44 years old Total 11.882.038 8.326.354 518.776 2.087.722 6.618 876.728 65.842 Primary education or lower 777.461 307.556 34.148 350.592 273 73.330 11.562 Lower secondary education 2.363.595 1.616.459 112.493 391.409 4.533 217.605 21.095 Upper secondary education 2.730.494 1.590.457 186.389 660.713 .. 271.182 21.753 Higher education 5.997.026 4.810.673 183.501 675.000 1.811 314.610 11.432 Not specified 13.462 1.209 2.245 10.008 0 .. .. From 45 to 59 Total 11.322.910 9.065.503 380.770 1.144.084 199 645.743 86.611 Primary education or lower 1.040.036 669.925 23.205 265.314 .. 73.451 8.141 Lower secondary education 2.894.382 2.426.462 61.278 192.004 199 194.616 19.822 Upper secondary education 2.767.179 2.048.645 165.716 342.536 .. 173.118 37.164 Higher education 4.616.767 3.918.089 130.571 342.298 .. 204.325 21.485 Not specified 4.546 2.382 .. 1.931 0 233 .. 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