Living Conditions Survey (LCS) Intergenerational transmission of poverty Adults aged 25 to 59 by difficulty making ends meet at household when they were teenagers and difficulty making ends meet Units: Total adults (thousands) and vertical percentages Total With a great deal of difficulty when the were teenagers With difficulty when they were teenagers With a certain degree of difficulty when they were teenagers With a certain degree of ease when they were teenagers With ease when they were teenagers With a great deal of ease when they were teenagers No data recorded Total 24,317.1 1,538.3 3,099.0 5,517.1 8,525.5 4,913.8 408.5 314.9 With a great deal of difficulty 11.7 32.3 15.8 10.6 8.9 8.0 20.0 14.8 With difficulty 18.1 26.9 30.8 20.7 14.4 11.0 12.3 21.2 With a certain degree of difficulty 28.3 22.2 28.7 36.7 27.3 22.9 19.1 28.9 With a certain degree of ease 27.5 12.7 16.9 23.1 35.7 29.7 26.7 23.0 With ease 13.4 5.8 7.0 8.2 12.9 26.6 15.0 10.0 With a great deal of ease 1.0 0.0 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.8 6.9 2.0 Notes: 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