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Is Joint Venture Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business

Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor on the award is identified as a joint venture that is also an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB). A value such as 1/true means the condition applies; 0/false means it does not. The field sits within vendor socio-economic indicators and describes the vendor entity associated with the transaction.

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__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isJointVentureEconomicallyDisadvantagedWomenOwnedSmallBusiness
Title
Is Joint Venture Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isJointVentureEconomicallyDisadvantagedWomenOwnedSmallBusiness
Description
Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor on the award is identified as a joint venture that is also an economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB). A value such as 1/true means the condition applies; 0/false means it does not. The field sits within vendor socio-economic indicators and describes the vendor entity associated with the transaction.
Business Meaning
This indicator is useful for measuring participation by EDWOSB joint ventures in federal procurement, supporting small business reporting, socio-economic goal tracking, and compliance analysis. It helps analysts segment awards by business ownership status and evaluate whether contracting activity is reaching intended socio-economic populations.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isJointVentureEconomicallyDisadvantagedWomenOwnedSmallBusiness
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isJointVentureEconomicallyDisadvantagedWomenOwnedSmallBusiness
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isJointVentureEconomicallyDisadvantagedWomenOwnedSmallBusiness' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isJointVentureEconomicallyDisadvantagedWomenOwnedSmallBusiness'.

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Count awards involving EDWOSB joint ventures
  • Segment vendor awards by socio-economic status
  • Support small business and diversity reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 means the vendor is definitely not an EDWOSB joint venture rather than simply not flagged
  • Using this field as a proxy for the prime contractor’s overall ownership status without checking vendor-level context

Query Guidance

Use a boolean or code comparison such as WHERE field = 1, WHERE field = 'Y', or WHERE field IS TRUE depending on the extract schema. If the source stores coded values, inspect actual distinct values before writing filters, and join or group at the vendor/site level only when that level of analysis is intended.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isJointVentureEconomicallyDisadvantagedWomenOwnedSmallBusiness AS is_joint_venture_economically_disadvantaged_women_owned_small_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isJointVentureEconomicallyDisadvantagedWomenOwnedSmallBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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