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4. This finding, which concerns farm households, contradicts the results of some studies of the general U.S. population in which relatively highly educated individuals were more likely to manage their use of health care resources efficiently and, accordingly, were able to produce a given level of health using less inputs (Yoo 2011). A study by Meara, Seth, and Cutler (2008) pointed to the likelihood of higher rates of obesity and tobacco use among poorer individuals (who also tend to be less educated), resulting in adverse impacts on health outcomes and, consequently, on health care expenditures.