def calc_des_num_children():
"Calculates the desired number of children for this person."
des_num_children_prob_dist = rcParams['prob.num.children.desired']
# Use np.floor as the last number in the des_num_children prob dist (10) is
# not actually seen in the Chitwan data. It is included only as the
# right-hand bound of the distribution.
return np.floor(draw_from_prob_dist(des_num_children_prob_dist))
def calc_total_possessions():
"""
Calculates the number of possessions this household owns (based on analysis
of 1996 CVFS data).
"""
return np.floor(draw_from_prob_dist(rcParams['total_possessions_probs']) + 1)
def calc_birth_interval():
"Calculates the birth interval for this person."
birth_interval_prob_dist = rcParams['prob.birth.intervals']
return np.floor(draw_from_prob_dist(birth_interval_prob_dist))