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Is Women Owned Small Business

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor was reported as a women-owned small business on the award record. It is a vendor socioeconomic status flag captured at the vendor site level, not a narrative description.

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__isWomenOwnedSmallBusiness
Title
Is Women Owned Small Business
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isWomenOwnedSmallBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor was reported as a women-owned small business on the award record. It is a vendor socioeconomic status flag captured at the vendor site level, not a narrative description.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of socioeconomic contracting outcomes, small business participation, and set-aside performance. It is useful for measuring awards flowing to women-owned small businesses and for compliance or equity reporting against procurement goals.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Count awards or obligations to women-owned small businesses
  • Segment spend by socioeconomic category
  • Compare award patterns across vendor categories

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag confirms third-party certification rather than reported status
  • Using the field without checking whether the dataset stores booleans, numeric codes, or text equivalents

Query Guidance

Filter on the positive code or true value only after verifying the local encoding. In SQL, use an explicit condition such as WHERE isWomenOwnedSmallBusiness IN ('1', 1, 'Y', 'TRUE') or the dataset's documented equivalent, and aggregate with CASE expressions for consistent counts and spend summaries.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isWomenOwnedSmallBusiness AS is_women_owned_small_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isWomenOwnedSmallBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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