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Is Sub Continent Asian American Owned Business

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified in FPDS as a Subcontinent Asian American owned business. The field is stored under vendor socio-economic indicators and represents a specific ownership designation for the reporting vendor site.

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__isSubContinentAsianAmericanOwnedBusiness
Title
Is Sub Continent Asian American Owned Business
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isSubContinentAsianAmericanOwnedBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified in FPDS as a Subcontinent Asian American owned business. The field is stored under vendor socio-economic indicators and represents a specific ownership designation for the reporting vendor site.
Business Meaning
This flag supports socioeconomic and small business analysis, supplier diversity reporting, and compliance monitoring across federal awards. Analysts use it to measure participation of Subcontinent Asian American owned firms in procurement outcomes and set-aside activity.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 Subcontinent Asian American owned vendors
  • Aggregate obligations by socioeconomic ownership category
  • Support diversity and small business participation dashboards

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag alone proves current eligibility or certification status
  • Comparing values without first confirming whether the extract uses numeric, text, or boolean encoding

Query Guidance

Use the field as a binary filter or grouping attribute in SQL, for example WHERE isSubContinentAsianAmericanOwnedBusiness = 1 or = 'Y' depending on the source encoding. When counting or summing, exclude nulls deliberately and validate against companion socioeconomic fields to avoid misclassification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isSubContinentAsianAmericanOwnedBusiness AS is_sub_continent_asian_american_owned_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isSubContinentAsianAmericanOwnedBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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