What influences Class VIII marks?

These are results for the 7,297 students that match these conditions:

  • State = Bihar

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

1 Father occupation +11.5%
2 Mother occupation +11.0%
3 Mother edu +10.6%
4 Father edu +10.5%
5 Siblings +9.3%

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

1 Use calculator +1.1%
2 Private tuition +1.2%
3 Library use +2.0%
4 Gender +2.1%
5 Below poverty +2.2%

The top influencers by subject are:

Factor Total % Maths % Reading % Science % Social %
Gender 2.1% 2.3% 4.6% 1.2% 0.5%
Age 7.6% 9.0% 8.7% 5.5% 8.6%
Siblings 9.3% 9.8% 11.5% 7.1% 10.9%
Father edu 10.5% 9.8% 15.5% 7.7% 9.0%
Mother edu 10.6% 8.9% 16.4% 6.1% 7.6%
Father occupation 11.5% 13.0% 19.3% 8.0% 10.2%
Mother occupation 11.0% 16.8% 17.6% 13.7% 8.4%
Below poverty 2.2% 1.5% 3.9% 1.0% 2.6%
Use calculator 1.1% 0.5% 2.9% 0.4% 0.8%
Use dictionary 4.2% 2.8% 8.0% 2.8% 3.4%
Read other books 2.3% 2.1% 3.4% 0.9% 2.9%
# Books 4.1% 4.2% 4.7% 3.8% 4.7%
Distance 3.8% 4.2% 2.2% 3.5% 6.6%
Computer use 8.3% 9.0% 10.0% 6.6% 8.0%
Library use 2.0% 3.0% 4.2% 3.1% 3.1%
Private tuition 1.2% 1.2% 2.6% 1.9% 0.5%
Watch TV 5.1% 6.8% 5.7% 3.5% 3.8%
Read magazine 5.6% 5.9% 6.7% 4.3% 5.8%
Read a book 7.9% 9.5% 8.6% 6.1% 7.4%
Play games 6.8% 5.9% 7.4% 6.5% 8.0%
Help in household 7.5% 8.5% 9.3% 6.1% 7.3%