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Level of Education• Eighty-five percent of all prose litigants have graduatedfrom high school.• Almost twice as many pro seusers ofthe Housing Courts(32%) than those oftheProbate and Family Courts(17%) have graduated fromcollege.40/0Total• Some HS or less• HS graduate210/0III Some coll./tech. schoola College graduateProbate and Family• Post graduate work240/0HousingPrepared by STS Market Research Massachusetts Bar Association - Pro Se User ofthe Court Survey - August 1999 Page 6
Age Distribution• Probate and Family Courtrespondents are, on average,younger than those in HousingCourts.60/010/04%38%TotalAverage: 3740%Probate and FamilyAverage: 35• Under 21.21-30I) 31-40041-50.51-60.61-70o Older than 70HousingAverage: 41Prepared by STS Market Research Massachusetts Bar Association - Pro Se User of the Court Survey - August 1999 Page 7
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