What influences Class VIII marks?

These are results for the 8,251 students that match these conditions:

  • State = Tamil Nadu

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

1 Father occupation +10.8%
2 Help in household +10.6%
3 Mother edu +8.9%
4 Mother occupation +8.8%
5 Father edu +6.5%

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

1 Private tuition +0.2%
2 Gender +1.6%
3 Below poverty +1.7%
4 Distance +2.1%
5 Read other books +2.4%

The top influencers by subject are:

Factor Total % Maths % Reading % Science % Social %
Gender 1.6% 1.3% 3.5% 0.8% 1.5%
Age 4.9% 5.1% 13.5% 10.3% 4.3%
Siblings 3.3% 3.0% 4.6% 2.7% 3.4%
Father edu 6.5% 4.5% 15.3% 3.9% 2.8%
Mother edu 8.9% 2.6% 17.2% 9.7% 6.7%
Father occupation 10.8% 6.4% 23.4% 11.0% 7.9%
Mother occupation 8.8% 15.6% 31.2% 14.7% 11.1%
Below poverty 1.7% 1.2% 2.7% 1.4% 1.9%
Use calculator 3.3% 0.7% 7.6% 2.3% 2.6%
Use dictionary 4.3% 2.6% 8.7% 3.3% 3.1%
Read other books 2.4% 1.3% 5.2% 1.9% 1.4%
# Books 4.0% 2.5% 10.0% 4.1% 2.1%
Distance 2.1% 2.8% 4.2% 2.1% 2.1%
Computer use 5.9% 4.8% 9.8% 5.9% 5.7%
Library use 5.3% 6.5% 6.7% 4.3% 6.4%
Private tuition 0.2% 0.1% 1.8% 0.3% 1.1%
Watch TV 4.1% 3.6% 4.1% 4.9% 3.7%
Read magazine 4.3% 4.0% 5.4% 4.2% 3.9%
Read a book 4.7% 4.6% 7.3% 4.6% 3.2%
Play games 5.0% 4.6% 6.9% 4.2% 3.8%
Help in household 10.6% 25.5% 13.4% 10.0% 10.6%