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 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 First quintile 4.159.099 2.624.522 450.096 418.904 566.015 53.572 45.991 Second quintile 4.502.018 2.815.088 518.764 449.445 633.551 47.075 38.095 Third quintile 4.832.293 2.865.815 665.592 567.872 673.568 30.136 29.310 Fourth quintile 4.907.253 2.699.804 697.376 884.315 584.663 19.866 21.230 Fifth quintile 4.804.283 2.021.497 805.865 1.517.136 432.596 9.362 17.828 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 First quintile 2.114.400 1.211.268 292.310 273.187 284.970 26.422 26.242 Second quintile 2.290.148 1.246.589 367.255 303.719 322.532 29.433 20.620 Third quintile 2.561.847 1.301.660 487.212 392.373 359.412 11.916 9.275 Fourth quintile 2.530.948 1.137.763 474.884 606.603 295.746 11.290 4.662 Fifth quintile 2.384.694 683.375 481.148 1.011.433 200.695 3.000 5.044 From 45 to 59 Total 11.322.910 7.446.071 1.034.883 1.250.356 1.427.038 77.949 86.611 First quintile 2.044.699 1.413.253 157.785 145.717 281.045 27.150 19.749 Second quintile 2.211.870 1.568.499 151.509 145.726 311.019 17.642 17.476 Third quintile 2.270.446 1.564.156 178.380 175.499 314.157 18.220 20.034 Fourth quintile 2.376.305 1.562.041 222.492 277.712 288.917 8.576 16.568 Fifth quintile 2.419.589 1.338.122 324.717 505.703 231.900 6.362 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