Living Conditions Survey (LCS) Intergenerational transmission of poverty Adults between 25 and 65 years of age based on training level and household financial troubles when they were in their teenhood (vertical percentages based on training level) Units: Total number of adults aged 25 through 65 (thousands) and vertical percentages Total Primary education or lower First stage secondary education Second stage secondary education Higher education No data recorded Total 24,820.8 7,543.6 5,032.4 5,342.9 6,839.8 62.1 Constantly had difficulties when he/she was an adolescent 12.3 21.0 13.5 7.4 5.7 11.6 Had frequent difficulties when he/she was an adolescent 10.3 15.0 10.1 8.9 6.6 .. Had occasional difficulties when he/she was an adolescent 19.2 22.1 22.0 18.2 14.6 12.6 Rarely had difficulties when he/she was an adolescent 19.3 16.6 20.5 20.3 20.6 13.8 Never had difficulties when he/she was an adolescent 35.5 20.8 31.5 42.5 49.2 34.0 No data recorded/Unclassifiable 3.4 4.6 2.4 2.7 3.3 28.1 Notes: 1) At the time of constructing this table, the current situation of adults between 25 and 65 years of age as well as their parents' has been considered, or that of the household when the child was between 12 and 16 years of age. 1) ~'training level,Primary education or lower'~Including illiterates 1) ~'training level,First stage secondary education'~Including training and labour integration equivalent to this level 1) ~'training level,Second stage secondary education'~Including training and labour integration equivalent to this level (including that requiring the second stage secondary education degree) 1) ~'training level,Higher education'~Including training and labour integration equivalent to this level Source: National Statistics Institute