What influences Class VIII marks?

These are results for the 36,661 students that match these conditions:

  • Siblings = 1 sibling

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

1 Father edu +14.8%
2 Father occupation +14.6%
3 Mother edu +13.7%
4 Mother occupation +12.9%
5 # Books +9.3%

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

1 Siblings +0.0%
2 Distance +1.6%
3 Gender +1.8%
4 Private tuition +2.2%
5 Watch TV +2.9%

The top influencers by subject are:

Factor Total % Maths % Reading % Science % Social %
Gender 1.8% 0.2% 4.4% 0.9% 1.3%
Age 5.0% 2.1% 9.5% 4.7% 3.7%
Siblings 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Father edu 14.8% 9.6% 21.8% 14.5% 12.1%
Mother edu 13.7% 7.0% 19.2% 14.6% 12.7%
Father occupation 14.6% 10.0% 22.3% 14.6% 12.3%
Mother occupation 12.9% 7.8% 17.6% 12.5% 12.3%
Below poverty 5.3% 3.2% 8.4% 5.1% 4.6%
Use calculator 4.3% 2.0% 6.3% 4.5% 4.2%
Use dictionary 5.2% 2.3% 8.3% 5.1% 4.7%
Read other books 5.4% 2.5% 8.8% 4.7% 4.8%
# Books 9.3% 5.5% 13.0% 9.0% 9.1%
Distance 1.6% 0.6% 3.0% 1.8% 1.7%
Computer use 4.7% 5.6% 7.6% 4.5% 4.8%
Library use 4.4% 2.3% 7.9% 4.4% 4.3%
Private tuition 2.2% 1.5% 3.3% 2.2% 1.4%
Watch TV 2.9% 2.5% 4.7% 3.2% 2.8%
Read magazine 5.0% 2.2% 9.2% 4.0% 3.9%
Read a book 4.0% 2.3% 6.3% 4.4% 3.1%
Play games 3.7% 2.4% 5.9% 4.1% 3.0%
Help in household 8.0% 5.7% 9.0% 7.9% 8.6%