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Is Educational Institution

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor listed on the Other Transaction Award record is an educational institution. It is a vendor line-of-business attribute captured at the vendor site level and should be interpreted as a condition indicator rather than a descriptive organization name.

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__isEducationalInstitution
Title
Is Educational Institution
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isEducationalInstitution
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor listed on the Other Transaction Award record is an educational institution. It is a vendor line-of-business attribute captured at the vendor site level and should be interpreted as a condition indicator rather than a descriptive organization name.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards associated with educational institutions, which can affect market segmentation, research-focused spending analysis, eligibility review, and reporting on awards to universities and colleges. It is useful for distinguishing academic performers from commercial vendors when assessing funding distribution and compliance patterns.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isEducationalInstitution
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isEducationalInstitution
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isEducationalInstitution' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__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 awards to educational institutions for spend or award counts
  • Segment vendor populations by institutional type
  • Support compliance, policy, or research-expenditure analyses

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field contains the institution name rather than a yes/no indicator
  • Filtering on a single literal value without confirming the dataset's coding convention

Query Guidance

Use this field as a boolean filter after confirming the stored code set, for example WHERE isEducationalInstitution IN (1, '1', 'Y', 'true'). When comparing across extracts, normalize to a standard true/false representation and avoid joining on this field as a key.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Flag distribution

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