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Is Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified in FPDS as an Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB). It is a socio-economic status flag attached to the vendor site details on the award record, not a description of the contract action itself.

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__isEconomicallyDisadvantagedWomenOwnedSmallBusiness
Title
Is Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isEconomicallyDisadvantagedWomenOwnedSmallBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified in FPDS as an Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB). It is a socio-economic status flag attached to the vendor site details on the award record, not a description of the contract action itself.
Business Meaning
This field is important for tracking awards to firms eligible under women-owned small business set-aside programs and for measuring performance against small business and socioeconomic procurement goals. Analysts use it to segment obligations, assess participation in targeted business categories, and support compliance and diversity reporting.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Filter awards to EDWOSB vendors for spend analysis
  • Aggregate obligations by socioeconomic category
  • Support compliance reporting for women-owned small business participation

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the source encoding
  • Using the field as a contract-level socioeconomic classification rather than a vendor status indicator

Query Guidance

Filter on the encoded true value used in your dataset (for example, '1' or 'Y') after confirming the actual stored values. When building summaries, group null separately from false if you need to distinguish not reported from explicitly not EDWOSB.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isEconomicallyDisadvantagedWomenOwnedSmallBusiness AS is_economically_disadvantaged_women_owned_small_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isEconomicallyDisadvantagedWomenOwnedSmallBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isEconomicallyDisadvantagedWomenOwnedSmallBusiness AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isEconomicallyDisadvantagedWomenOwnedSmallBusiness 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.