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Is Other Minority Owned

Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor is classified as Other Minority Owned in the IDV vendor socio-economic indicators. A value such as 1/true generally means the record asserts this ownership status; 0/false means it does not.

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__isOtherMinorityOwned
Title
Is Other Minority Owned
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isOtherMinorityOwned
Description
Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor is classified as Other Minority Owned in the IDV vendor socio-economic indicators. A value such as 1/true generally means the record asserts this ownership status; 0/false means it does not.
Business Meaning
This field supports socio-economic analysis of federal contracting outcomes, including set-aside performance, supplier diversity reporting, and tracking awards to minority-owned firms. It helps analysts segment IDVs by ownership status and evaluate how procurement dollars are distributed across vendor populations.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

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 awarded to other minority-owned vendors
  • Aggregate award counts or obligated amounts by socio-economic status
  • Combine with other ownership flags to compare diversity categories

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing this flag with the human-readable ownership label rather than the indicator itself
  • Assuming missing or null values mean 'no' instead of unknown or not reported

Query Guidance

Use it as a boolean predicate in WHERE clauses or CASE expressions, after confirming the dataset’s actual encoded values. Example pattern: WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isOtherMinorityOwned = 1; if the source uses text codes, normalize first before aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isOtherMinorityOwned AS is_other_minority_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isOtherMinorityOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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