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Is Minority Institution

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor site is associated with a minority institution. It is a flag within the educational-entity details for the vendor site, not a general organizational characteristic of the contractor record.

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__typeOfEducationalEntity__isMinorityInstitution
Title
Is Minority Institution
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isMinorityInstitution
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor site is associated with a minority institution. It is a flag within the educational-entity details for the vendor site, not a general organizational characteristic of the contractor record.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of awards involving minority-serving educational institutions and related socioeconomic or institutional eligibility reviews. It is useful for segmentation, reporting, and compliance checks where minority institution status affects policy interpretation or set-aside analysis.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Identify awards involving minority institutions
  • Segment educational vendors for compliance or policy analysis
  • Filter records for diversity- or institution-status reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag applies to the entire vendor instead of the specific site/entity context
  • Treating the value as a narrative description rather than a coded indicator

Query Guidance

Use the field as a filter on the expected true/false or code values after confirming the data encoding in your extract. Example pattern: WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isMinorityInstitution IN ('1','Y',1) for true, with the exact predicate adjusted to the observed code set.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isMinorityInstitution AS is_minority_institution
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isMinorityInstitution IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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