What influences Class VIII marks?

These are results for the 5,400 students that match these conditions:

  • State = Uttar Pradesh

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

1 Father occupation +9.4%
2 Age +8.6%
3 Mother occupation +8.4%
4 Library use +8.1%
5 Read a book +7.9%

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

1 Private tuition +0.7%
2 Gender +1.6%
3 Use calculator +2.1%
4 Below poverty +2.6%
5 Watch TV +3.6%

The top influencers by subject are:

Factor Total % Maths % Reading % Science % Social %
Gender 1.6% 0.6% 0.3% 0.4% 4.3%
Age 8.6% 16.6% 12.9% 5.7% 5.1%
Siblings 7.7% 10.0% 9.7% 7.0% 6.5%
Father edu 5.7% 3.5% 12.3% 6.3% 3.8%
Mother edu 6.2% 6.4% 11.9% 7.4% 5.4%
Father occupation 9.4% 8.0% 16.8% 9.1% 10.8%
Mother occupation 8.4% 22.6% 16.8% 19.5% 11.6%
Below poverty 2.6% 1.6% 3.3% 2.5% 2.8%
Use calculator 2.1% 1.2% 4.2% 3.1% 1.5%
Use dictionary 4.1% 2.4% 8.2% 3.9% 2.0%
Read other books 5.0% 5.4% 7.4% 3.8% 3.8%
# Books 4.3% 3.7% 8.0% 3.6% 5.1%
Distance 4.4% 6.4% 5.7% 7.8% 4.7%
Computer use 7.3% 9.5% 5.4% 9.2% 8.0%
Library use 8.1% 7.1% 5.3% 10.7% 9.4%
Private tuition 0.7% 1.3% 0.4% 0.7% 0.7%
Watch TV 3.6% 3.3% 4.5% 5.7% 4.7%
Read magazine 5.6% 6.1% 7.3% 5.6% 6.4%
Read a book 7.9% 9.2% 9.8% 6.4% 6.0%
Play games 4.7% 5.5% 7.1% 5.0% 5.5%
Help in household 5.7% 10.6% 3.6% 5.9% 5.8%