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Is Women Owned

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor identified on the award record is classified as women-owned. It is a vendor socio-economic flag stored under vendor site details and reflects the record-level status captured in FPDS, not a textual narrative.

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__isWomenOwned
Title
Is Women Owned
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isWomenOwned
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor identified on the award record is classified as women-owned. It is a vendor socio-economic flag stored under vendor site details and reflects the record-level status captured in FPDS, not a textual narrative.
Business Meaning
This field supports tracking participation of women-owned businesses in federal procurement, including spend analysis, small business reporting, and socioeconomic program monitoring. Analysts use it to measure award distribution, compare vendor participation across agencies or periods, and assess compliance with procurement goals or set-aside strategies.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 women-owned vendors
  • Calculate women-owned spend share by agency or fiscal year
  • Segment vendor populations by socioeconomic status

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the coded domain
  • Using this field as a proxy for certification status when the extract may only indicate claimed ownership classification

Query Guidance

Use explicit comparisons against the observed coded values in the source, such as = 'Y' or = 1, rather than relying on truthy evaluation. Exclude nulls separately if you need a definitive yes/no cohort, and pair with vendor/site identifiers and award dollars when aggregating spend or counts.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isWomenOwned AS is_women_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isWomenOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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