Living Conditions Survey (LCS) 
Intergenerational transmission of poverty
Adults aged 25 to 59 by difficulty making ends meet difficulty making ends meet and difficulty making ends meet at household when they were teenagers
Units: Total adults (thousands) and vertical percentages

	Total	With a great deal of difficulty	With difficulty	With a certain degree of difficulty	With a certain degree of ease	With ease	With a great deal of ease	
Total	24,317.1	2,847.2	4,399.7	6,879.4	6,681.8	3,257.4	251.6	
With a great deal of difficulty when the were teenagers	6.3	17.5	9.4	5.0	2.9	2.8	0.2	
With difficulty when they were teenagers	12.7	17.2	21.7	12.9	7.9	6.7	8.9	
With a certain degree of difficulty when they were teenagers	22.7	20.6	26.0	29.4	19.1	13.9	13.5	
With a certain degree of ease when they were teenagers	35.1	26.5	27.9	33.8	45.5	33.7	29.2	
With ease when they were teenagers	20.2	13.7	12.3	16.4	21.9	40.1	34.6	
With a great deal of ease when they were teenagers	1.7	2.9	1.1	1.1	1.6	1.9	11.2	
No data recorded	1.3	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.1	1.0	2.5	
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