Living Conditions Survey (LCS) Intergenerational transmission of poverty Adults aged 25 to 59 by educational level attained and type of occupation of the father when they were teenagers Units: Total adults (thousands) and vertical percentages Total Primary education or lower Secondary Education (First stage) Secondary Education (Second stage) Higher education No data recorded Total 24,317.1 4,447.0 6,074.4 5,877.2 7,899.0 19.5 Directors and managers 5.5 2.2 3.6 5.3 9.0 .. Scientific and intellectual technicians and professionals 4.7 0.5 0.8 3.7 10.9 7.2 Technicians and associate professionals 7.6 2.7 5.2 8.9 11.3 .. Administrative support staff 5.6 1.6 3.2 6.2 9.1 .. Service workers and shop and market sales workers 8.5 5.6 8.1 9.8 9.5 .. Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 13.4 23.4 15.5 11.3 7.6 3.7 Craft and related trades workers 18.6 18.3 21.8 18.5 16.4 .. Plant and machine operators and assemblers 10.9 7.7 11.8 14.2 9.6 .. Elementary occupations 13.0 22.9 17.1 9.9 6.5 .. Military occupations 1.3 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.9 3.6 No data recorded 11.0 14.2 11.9 11.0 8.2 85.6 Notes: 1) ~'educational level attained'~Primary education or lower: Includes illiterate Secondary Education (First stage): Includes training and job placement Secondary Education (Second stage): Includes training and job placement (included that requiring Secondary Education Graduate qualification) Higher education: Includes training and job placement 1) In order to elaborate this table, we have taken into account the nowadays situation of adults aged 25 to 59 years old and that of their parents or their household when they were teenagers. 'Father' means the man that the respondent used to consider his father when he was a teenager. 'Mother' means the woman that the respondent used to consider his mother when he was a teenager. Source: National Statistics Institute