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Is Domestic Shelter

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a domestic shelter in the Other Transaction Award record. It records the site-level classification tied to the vendor's line of business within vendor site details.

Family: Other Transaction Award
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__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isDomesticShelter
Title
Is Domestic Shelter
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isDomesticShelter
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a domestic shelter in the Other Transaction Award record. It records the site-level classification tied to the vendor's line of business within vendor site details.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards associated with domestic shelter entities, which can be relevant for compliance review, socioeconomic analysis, and vendor profiling. It may support screening of awards where domestic status at the site level affects reporting or policy interpretation.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isDomesticShelter
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isDomesticShelter
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isDomesticShelter' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__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 awards associated with domestic shelter vendor sites
  • Segment vendor populations for compliance or policy analysis
  • Create counts or rates of records marked as domestic shelter

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field describes the award rather than the vendor site
  • Treating the example value 0 as universally meaning false without checking the dataset's coding scheme

Query Guidance

Use explicit value checks based on the observed coding in your table, such as WHERE isDomesticShelter IN ('1','Y','TRUE') for positive cases or WHERE isDomesticShelter = 0 for numeric false if confirmed. When joining or aggregating, keep the field at the vendor-site level and avoid inferring domestic status from unrelated vendor attributes.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Flag distribution

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