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Is Other Minority Owned

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is classified as "Other Minority Owned" within the FPDS award record. It is a specific sub-indicator under the vendor socio-economic minority-owned attributes, not a general minority-owned flag. The value typically represents the presence or absence of this status in the sourced 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__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isOtherMinorityOwned
Title
Is Other Minority Owned
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isOtherMinorityOwned
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is classified as "Other Minority Owned" within the FPDS award record. It is a specific sub-indicator under the vendor socio-economic minority-owned attributes, not a general minority-owned flag. The value typically represents the presence or absence of this status in the sourced record.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of awards to minority-owned businesses beyond the standard race/ethnicity groupings, which is important for socio-economic reporting, supplier diversity tracking, and small business policy monitoring. It helps analysts segment award activity for compliance reviews, diversity dashboards, and outreach performance measurement.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 for other minority-owned vendors
  • Calculate socio-economic award shares
  • Segment vendor diversity analysis by minority-owned subtype

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming it means any minority-owned status rather than the specific other-minority subtype
  • Treating null or missing values as equivalent to false

Query Guidance

Use explicit boolean or code checks against the observed stored values, for example WHERE field = 1 or WHERE field IN ('Y','Yes','true') after confirming the dataset encoding. When building summary metrics, distinguish false from null and consider joining to parent minority-owned fields if you need the broader category.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isOtherMinorityOwned AS is_other_minority_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isOtherMinorityOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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