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Is Educational Institution

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor's line of business is an educational institution. It is a vendor site detail nested under the IDV vendor structure and represents a specific classification attribute for the vendor record.

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__isEducationalInstitution
Title
Is Educational Institution
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isEducationalInstitution
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor's line of business is an educational institution. It is a vendor site detail nested under the IDV vendor structure and represents a specific classification attribute for the vendor record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards associated with educational institutions, which can be important for market segmentation, competition analysis, socio-economic research, and policy or compliance reviews. It supports distinguishing education-sector vendors from commercial or nonprofit suppliers when evaluating procurement patterns.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 IDV records for educational institution vendors
  • Segment spend or award counts by vendor type
  • Support compliance, market research, or sector-level analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Treating the field as a vendor name or narrative description
  • Assuming all non-1 values mean false without checking source encoding

Query Guidance

Use it in WHERE clauses to isolate education-sector vendors, and confirm the underlying encoding in the extract before writing equality tests. Example patterns may include `= 1`, `= 'Y'`, or `IS TRUE` depending on how FPDS Query materializes the flag; inspect observed values first and pair this field with any available descriptive companion field if present.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isEducationalInstitution AS is_educational_institution
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isEducationalInstitution IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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