What influences Class VIII marks?

These are results for the 89,067 students that match these conditions:

  • Gender = Boy

The factors that influence the marks the most (and their impact in marks) are:

1 Father occupation +11.1%
2 Father edu +10.6%
3 Mother occupation +9.1%
4 Mother edu +8.9%
5 Help in household +5.6%

The factors that influence the marks the least (and their impact in marks) are:

1 Gender +0.0%
2 Distance +0.5%
3 Private tuition +1.2%
4 Siblings +1.6%
5 Watch TV +2.0%

The top influencers by subject are:

Factor Total % Maths % Reading % Science % Social %
Gender 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Age 3.4% 2.9% 7.7% 3.0% 2.4%
Siblings 1.6% 1.5% 6.4% 1.7% 0.6%
Father edu 10.6% 6.5% 17.6% 9.7% 7.3%
Mother edu 8.9% 3.7% 14.9% 9.1% 6.0%
Father occupation 11.1% 8.5% 17.2% 10.5% 8.3%
Mother occupation 9.1% 6.0% 14.4% 7.2% 7.6%
Below poverty 3.0% 1.6% 5.1% 2.5% 2.8%
Use calculator 2.1% 0.6% 4.2% 2.2% 1.4%
Use dictionary 3.2% 1.5% 5.6% 3.1% 1.9%
Read other books 3.1% 1.3% 5.9% 2.7% 2.5%
# Books 4.6% 2.7% 7.6% 4.3% 3.5%
Distance 0.5% 1.9% 1.2% 0.5% 1.0%
Computer use 3.9% 6.8% 5.3% 2.9% 4.4%
Library use 2.4% 3.0% 3.7% 2.6% 2.9%
Private tuition 1.2% 1.3% 2.2% 0.9% 0.2%
Watch TV 2.0% 1.4% 4.2% 1.7% 1.1%
Read magazine 3.1% 1.8% 6.2% 2.1% 2.3%
Read a book 3.6% 2.3% 6.2% 3.4% 2.5%
Play games 3.9% 3.1% 5.2% 4.4% 3.5%
Help in household 5.6% 5.1% 5.8% 5.0% 6.7%