What influences Class VIII marks?

These are results for the 5,496 students that match these conditions:

  • State = Orissa

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

1 Father occupation +18.0%
2 Mother edu +16.7%
3 Mother occupation +15.7%
4 Father edu +15.6%
5 Use dictionary +8.2%

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

1 Gender +0.9%
2 Help in household +2.1%
3 Watch TV +2.2%
4 Distance +2.7%
5 Library use +3.2%

The top influencers by subject are:

Factor Total % Maths % Reading % Science % Social %
Gender 0.9% 1.5% 0.4% 1.6% 1.0%
Age 5.7% 5.3% 12.1% 9.7% 4.1%
Siblings 7.6% 5.5% 10.2% 8.7% 6.5%
Father edu 15.6% 16.4% 20.9% 14.4% 10.4%
Mother edu 16.7% 19.2% 21.7% 12.4% 10.1%
Father occupation 18.0% 19.0% 27.2% 17.3% 12.5%
Mother occupation 15.7% 11.7% 28.3% 16.9% 12.2%
Below poverty 4.3% 3.3% 4.7% 5.2% 4.1%
Use calculator 4.4% 4.2% 6.7% 3.1% 3.7%
Use dictionary 8.2% 7.6% 11.3% 8.0% 6.4%
Read other books 5.3% 2.9% 7.4% 5.9% 5.1%
# Books 7.3% 7.5% 11.0% 5.9% 5.9%
Distance 2.7% 2.6% 3.5% 1.3% 3.1%
Computer use 7.3% 6.2% 12.3% 7.2% 5.9%
Library use 3.2% 4.5% 6.0% 3.7% 3.4%
Private tuition 3.4% 4.2% 5.3% 1.8% 2.6%
Watch TV 2.2% 3.4% 5.6% 3.2% 1.0%
Read magazine 6.1% 5.0% 9.1% 6.1% 4.5%
Read a book 6.6% 2.7% 11.5% 6.9% 5.6%
Play games 4.0% 6.2% 7.9% 4.5% 2.0%
Help in household 2.1% 1.6% 6.7% 5.6% 2.0%