What influences Class VIII marks?

These are results for the 5,474 students that match these conditions:

  • State = Rajasthan

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

1 Mother occupation +25.0%
2 Father occupation +8.6%
3 Help in household +8.2%
4 Father edu +8.1%
5 Mother edu +7.2%

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

1 Gender +0.9%
2 Read other books +1.7%
3 Read magazine +2.1%
4 Watch TV +2.2%
5 Private tuition +2.3%

The top influencers by subject are:

Factor Total % Maths % Reading % Science % Social %
Gender 0.9% 1.4% 1.0% 0.1% 0.9%
Age 6.5% 5.0% 7.0% 8.0% 7.1%
Siblings 6.0% 3.6% 8.6% 5.9% 7.6%
Father edu 8.1% 5.6% 17.9% 7.4% 6.4%
Mother edu 7.2% 2.2% 15.2% 15.9% 8.6%
Father occupation 8.6% 6.3% 14.0% 8.6% 10.9%
Mother occupation 25.0% 32.0% 40.3% 22.2% 13.1%
Below poverty 2.9% 1.6% 3.9% 3.1% 3.0%
Use calculator 3.0% 0.9% 5.8% 3.0% 2.4%
Use dictionary 4.5% 4.3% 7.8% 3.3% 2.4%
Read other books 1.7% 1.6% 5.5% 1.2% 1.6%
# Books 2.8% 3.8% 6.8% 3.2% 4.4%
Distance 3.5% 6.0% 4.4% 4.0% 2.4%
Computer use 4.5% 5.6% 3.2% 4.2% 6.0%
Library use 3.5% 7.5% 5.0% 3.5% 2.7%
Private tuition 2.3% 3.6% 1.2% 2.5% 4.3%
Watch TV 2.2% 1.3% 5.6% 3.1% 1.9%
Read magazine 2.1% 1.4% 6.1% 2.7% 1.2%
Read a book 4.9% 2.7% 8.6% 4.7% 6.8%
Play games 3.7% 4.3% 5.5% 3.0% 2.6%
Help in household 8.2% 6.2% 12.2% 6.3% 9.4%