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Is Asian Pacific American Owned Business

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified in FPDS as an Asian Pacific American owned business. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met, while a positive/affirmative value indicates the indicator is set.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isAsianPacificAmericanOwnedBusiness
Title
Is Asian Pacific American Owned Business
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isAsianPacificAmericanOwnedBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified in FPDS as an Asian Pacific American owned business. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met, while a positive/affirmative value indicates the indicator is set.
Business Meaning
This field supports socioeconomic and small business analysis by identifying awards associated with Asian Pacific American owned firms. Analysts use it to measure contracting distribution, monitor set-aside and diversity outcomes, and assess compliance or policy impact across agencies, products, and time.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isAsianPacificAmericanOwnedBusiness
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isAsianPacificAmericanOwnedBusiness
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isAsianPacificAmericanOwnedBusiness' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isAsianPacificAmericanOwnedBusiness'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Count awards or obligations involving Asian Pacific American owned vendors
  • Slice socioeconomic participation by agency, fiscal year, or contract type
  • Compare this indicator with other minority-owned business flags

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking dataset coding conventions
  • Using the flag as a substitute for official certification or eligibility status

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter on the affirmative code(s) only after confirming the dataset’s stored values, for example WHERE field = 1 or WHERE field IN ('Y','Yes','1'). For analysis, aggregate by this flag with CASE expressions and avoid mixing it with other minority-owned indicators unless you intentionally want an inclusive rollup.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isAsianPacificAmericanOwnedBusiness AS is_asian_pacific_american_owned_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isAsianPacificAmericanOwnedBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isAsianPacificAmericanOwnedBusiness AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isAsianPacificAmericanOwnedBusiness IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.