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Is Sub Continent Asian American Owned Business

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a Sub Continent Asian American owned business in the IDV vendor site socio-economic indicators. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met; other observed values should be checked against the source code set or paired description fields if present.

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__isSubContinentAsianAmericanOwnedBusiness
Title
Is Sub Continent Asian American Owned Business
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isSubContinentAsianAmericanOwnedBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a Sub Continent Asian American owned business in the IDV vendor site socio-economic indicators. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met; other observed values should be checked against the source code set or paired description fields if present.
Business Meaning
This field supports socio-economic segmentation of vendors and helps analysts measure participation by Sub Continent Asian American owned businesses in contract vehicles. It is useful for compliance, outreach, small business policy analysis, and diversity reporting across IDVs.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Identify IDVs awarded to Sub Continent Asian American owned businesses
  • Calculate socio-economic set-aside or participation rates
  • Segment vendor populations for diversity and compliance reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 and NULL mean the same thing
  • Using the flag without checking the code meaning in the source extract

Query Guidance

Filter on the affirmative value only after confirming the code set in your extract, for example WHERE isSubContinentAsianAmericanOwnedBusiness = 1 or = 'Y' depending on the source. If the field is nullable or coded, explicitly handle NULL and unknown values separately in counts and denominator logic.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isSubContinentAsianAmericanOwnedBusiness AS is_sub_continent_asian_american_owned_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isSubContinentAsianAmericanOwnedBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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