Living Conditions Survey (LCS) Intergenerational transmission of poverty Adults Adults aged 25 to 59 by at-risk-of-poverty rate and educational level of the mother when they were teenagers Units: Total adults (thousands) and vertical percentages ;Total;At risk of poverty;Not at risk of poverty; Total;24,317.1;5,001.0;19,316.0; Illiterate;7.6;14.5;5.8; Primary education or lower Secondary Education;79.1;75.4;80.0; Secondary Education (Second stage);5.7;3.7;6.3; Higher education;4.7;3.1;5.2; No data recorded;2.9;3.3;2.8; Notes: 1) ~'educational level of the mother'~Secondary Education (Second stage): Includes education for training and job placement that require Secondary Education Graduate qualification for their achievement. 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. 3) At risk of poverty threshold: 60% of the median of the annual income per consumption unit (OECD modified scale), on the basis of the persons distribution. Income per consumption unit is calculated by dividing total household income by the number of consumption units. Source: National Statistics Institute