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Construction Wage Rate Requirements Description

Human-readable description for the construction wage rate requirements indicator on an IDV. This field states, in plain text, the status or meaning of the paired coded value in the Construction Wage Rate Requirements element.

Family: IDV
Category: Legislative Mandates
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: description
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements__description
Title
Construction Wage Rate Requirements Description
FPDS Path
IDV/legislativeMandates/constructionWageRateRequirements/description
Description
Human-readable description for the construction wage rate requirements indicator on an IDV. This field states, in plain text, the status or meaning of the paired coded value in the Construction Wage Rate Requirements element.
Business Meaning
It helps analysts understand whether an award or IDV is subject to construction wage rate requirements, which can affect compliance review, labor cost interpretation, and classification of construction-related procurement activity. The description is especially useful when source data contains abbreviated, coded, or agency-specific values that are difficult to interpret directly.
Example Value
NOT APPLICABLE
Observed Non-Null Count
5,861,946

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements__description
FPDS XML Path
IDV/legislativeMandates/constructionWageRateRequirements/description
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/legislativeMandates/constructionWageRateRequirements/description' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements__description'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building

Common Usage

  • Decode the construction wage rate requirements status for reporting
  • Filter IDVs tied to construction-related labor compliance conditions
  • Validate or label coded FPDS values in dashboards and extracts

Common Mistakes

  • Using the description field as if it were the authoritative compliance flag instead of the paired coded element
  • Grouping records only by text without checking for inconsistent agency-entered variants or capitalization

Query Guidance

Select this field alongside the paired construction wage rate requirements code/value field and normalize text with UPPER(TRIM()) when comparing labels. Use DISTINCT to inspect observed values before building filters, and join or case-map the description to the code only for display or reporting purposes.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements__description AS construction_wage_rate_requirements_description
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements__description IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__IDV__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements__description AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__legislativeMandates__constructionWageRateRequirements__description IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.