What influences Class VIII marks?

These are results for the 5,632 students that match these conditions:

  • State = Jharkhand

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

1 Mother edu +8.2%
2 Mother occupation +7.7%
3 Father occupation +7.5%
4 Use dictionary +7.0%
5 Siblings +6.8%

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

1 Private tuition +0.9%
2 Below poverty +1.7%
3 Gender +2.7%
4 Read other books +2.8%
5 Watch TV +3.3%

The top influencers by subject are:

Factor Total % Maths % Reading % Science % Social %
Gender 2.7% 3.2% 3.5% 2.3% 1.3%
Age 6.6% 8.8% 17.6% 4.2% 3.3%
Siblings 6.8% 4.7% 9.1% 5.7% 7.2%
Father edu 6.7% 4.9% 12.5% 5.3% 7.0%
Mother edu 8.2% 6.8% 22.0% 3.4% 9.7%
Father occupation 7.5% 17.5% 13.2% 6.5% 6.9%
Mother occupation 7.7% 11.0% 25.1% 12.7% 15.0%
Below poverty 1.7% 1.6% 2.9% 0.9% 1.3%
Use calculator 3.6% 3.3% 5.2% 3.2% 2.5%
Use dictionary 7.0% 5.0% 11.2% 5.5% 6.8%
Read other books 2.8% 2.7% 4.2% 0.6% 4.3%
# Books 5.3% 3.8% 8.3% 5.3% 6.7%
Distance 6.3% 6.2% 7.5% 6.5% 5.8%
Computer use 5.2% 5.5% 9.8% 3.0% 3.8%
Library use 3.7% 3.3% 4.6% 4.7% 2.9%
Private tuition 0.9% 1.0% 1.8% 1.0% 0.5%
Watch TV 3.3% 2.2% 7.3% 4.0% 2.2%
Read magazine 4.7% 4.3% 6.4% 4.0% 5.1%
Read a book 5.3% 5.1% 7.5% 4.1% 4.9%
Play games 5.1% 3.1% 7.9% 5.3% 6.7%
Help in household 5.8% 4.8% 9.2% 6.1% 7.3%