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Is Minority Owned

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as minority-owned in the FPDS record. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met, while a nonzero or affirmative value indicates the vendor is minority-owned, depending on the encoding used in the extract.

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__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isMinorityOwned
Title
Is Minority Owned
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isMinorityOwned
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as minority-owned in the FPDS record. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met, while a nonzero or affirmative value indicates the vendor is minority-owned, depending on the encoding used in the extract.
Business Meaning
This field supports socio-economic and supplier diversity analysis in federal procurement. Analysts use it to measure obligations to minority-owned businesses, assess compliance with set-aside and diversity goals, and segment award activity by ownership status.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isMinorityOwned
FPDS XML Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isMinorityOwned
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isMinorityOwned' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isMinorityOwned'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Supplier diversity reporting
  • Market share analysis for minority-owned firms
  • Compliance and goal-tracking dashboards

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming every non-null value means yes without checking the actual code set
  • Using the field as a vendor identity attribute across all records without accounting for missing or inconsistent reporting

Query Guidance

Use explicit value tests based on the observed encoding in your FPDS extract, for example WHERE isMinorityOwned IN ('1','Y') or WHERE isMinorityOwned = 1. If the field is nullable, separate true, false, and missing values in your SQL so reporting does not conflate unknown with no.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isMinorityOwned AS is_minority_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isMinorityOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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