Intergenerational transmission of poverty Adults aged between 25 and 59 years by age group according to their own level of education and mother's country of birth. Unidades: Total number of adults aged 25 to 59 years. Total Spain (mother) Foreign (rest of the European Union) (mother) Foreign (rest of the world) (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 18.084.496 957.135 3.604.646 6.030 400.187 152.453 Primary education or lower 1.817.497 1.024.657 68.148 655.117 261 49.611 19.703 Lower secondary education 5.257.976 4.244.675 186.546 673.155 4.732 107.950 40.918 Upper secondary education 5.497.674 3.812.340 380.594 1.134.839 .. 110.985 58.916 Higher education 10.613.793 8.996.518 320.644 1.131.269 1.037 131.409 32.916 Not specified 18.008 6.307 1.203 10.265 0 233 .. From 25 to 44 years old Total 11.882.038 8.693.328 563.369 2.354.003 5.570 199.926 65.842 Primary education or lower 777.461 326.538 43.540 376.159 .. 19.662 11.562 Lower secondary education 2.363.595 1.714.325 123.304 448.241 4.533 52.096 21.095 Upper secondary education 2.730.494 1.693.912 204.483 746.211 .. 64.136 21.753 Higher education 5.997.026 4.956.303 190.839 773.383 1.037 64.033 11.432 Not specified 13.462 2.250 1.203 10.008 0 .. .. From 45 to 59 Total 11.322.910 9.391.168 393.766 1.250.643 460 200.261 86.611 Primary education or lower 1.040.036 698.118 24.608 278.959 261 29.949 8.141 Lower secondary education 2.894.382 2.530.350 63.242 224.914 199 55.854 19.822 Upper secondary education 2.767.179 2.118.428 176.111 388.627 .. 46.849 37.164 Higher education 4.616.767 4.040.215 129.804 357.886 .. 67.377 21.485 Not specified 4.546 4.056 .. 257 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