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Is Domestic Shelter

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a domestic shelter in the FPDS IDV record. It is a site-level attribute under vendor line-of-business details, not a measure of award value or performance.

Family: IDV
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__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isDomesticShelter
Title
Is Domestic Shelter
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isDomesticShelter
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a domestic shelter in the FPDS IDV record. It is a site-level attribute under vendor line-of-business details, not a measure of award value or performance.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards tied to domestic shelter vendors for segmentation, compliance review, and policy analysis. It can support studies of supplier eligibility, socioeconomic targeting, and award concentration among specialized provider types.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isDomesticShelter
FPDS XML Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isDomesticShelter
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isDomesticShelter' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isDomesticShelter'.

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 IDVs associated with domestic shelter vendors
  • Segment vendor population for compliance or policy analysis
  • Count or trend awards involving this vendor classification

Common Mistakes

  • Using the field as a measure of contract value or vendor performance
  • Assuming all records use identical code semantics without checking observed values or companion descriptions

Query Guidance

Use explicit boolean or code filters, for example WHERE isDomesticShelter = 1 or WHERE isDomesticShelter IN ('Y','1') depending on the dataset encoding. Validate the stored representation first, and combine with vendor-site or line-of-business joins only when you need site-level classification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isDomesticShelter AS is_domestic_shelter
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isDomesticShelter IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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