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 mother when they were teenagers. Unidades: Total number of adults aged 25 to 59 years. Total Employed (mother) Unemployed (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 9.568.931 12.554.149 529.227 400.187 152.453 Primary education or lower 1.817.497 478.438 1.205.064 64.681 49.611 19.703 Lower secondary education 5.257.976 1.865.813 3.122.926 120.369 107.950 40.918 Upper secondary education 5.497.674 2.231.626 2.976.241 119.905 110.985 58.916 Higher education 10.613.793 4.989.519 5.239.149 220.800 131.409 32.916 Not specified 18.008 3.534 10.769 3.472 233 .. From 25 to 44 years old Total 11.882.038 6.278.599 5.027.340 310.330 199.926 65.842 Primary education or lower 777.461 262.695 459.725 23.817 19.662 11.562 Lower secondary education 2.363.595 1.078.243 1.147.163 64.998 52.096 21.095 Upper secondary education 2.730.494 1.369.169 1.193.431 82.006 64.136 21.753 Higher education 5.997.026 3.566.908 2.217.824 136.830 64.033 11.432 Not specified 13.462 1.585 9.197 2.681 .. .. From 45 to 59 Total 11.322.910 3.290.332 7.526.809 218.897 200.261 86.611 Primary education or lower 1.040.036 215.744 745.339 40.864 29.949 8.141 Lower secondary education 2.894.382 787.571 1.975.763 55.372 55.854 19.822 Upper secondary education 2.767.179 862.457 1.782.810 37.899 46.849 37.164 Higher education 4.616.767 1.422.611 3.021.324 83.970 67.377 21.485 Not specified 4.546 1.949 1.572 791 233 .. 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