What influences Class VIII marks?

These are results for the 7,585 students that match these conditions:

  • Siblings = Single child

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

1 Father occupation +18.8%
2 Father edu +18.1%
3 Mother edu +14.5%
4 Mother occupation +11.2%
5 # Books +9.6%

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

1 Siblings +0.0%
2 Gender +0.4%
3 Distance +0.9%
4 Private tuition +3.2%
5 Read other books +3.8%

The top influencers by subject are:

Factor Total % Maths % Reading % Science % Social %
Gender 0.4% 0.0% 2.9% 0.3% 0.2%
Age 6.5% 5.2% 10.7% 16.9% 8.5%
Siblings 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Father edu 18.1% 11.7% 28.9% 17.3% 14.0%
Mother edu 14.5% 7.3% 26.1% 13.4% 10.8%
Father occupation 18.8% 11.7% 27.8% 19.7% 17.1%
Mother occupation 11.2% 6.2% 21.8% 14.1% 12.6%
Below poverty 5.6% 3.9% 9.8% 4.9% 4.0%
Use calculator 4.4% 2.5% 5.5% 5.2% 4.2%
Use dictionary 6.3% 3.6% 10.2% 6.0% 4.4%
Read other books 3.8% 1.7% 7.8% 3.0% 3.1%
# Books 9.6% 5.9% 14.4% 9.6% 9.3%
Distance 0.9% 1.4% 3.2% 1.1% 1.6%
Computer use 6.9% 4.5% 12.1% 6.5% 5.6%
Library use 4.6% 4.5% 8.8% 2.9% 4.7%
Private tuition 3.2% 2.5% 5.6% 2.3% 1.4%
Watch TV 5.7% 4.4% 12.1% 4.2% 3.8%
Read magazine 5.3% 4.6% 9.3% 4.5% 3.7%
Read a book 5.0% 2.8% 8.9% 4.7% 4.7%
Play games 6.0% 4.8% 9.2% 6.1% 6.7%
Help in household 8.6% 5.0% 12.2% 8.3% 8.3%