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Is Minority Institution

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a minority institution. It records the value associated with the educational-entity subcategory for the vendor site in the award record.

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__typeOfEducationalEntity__isMinorityInstitution
Title
Is Minority Institution
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isMinorityInstitution
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a minority institution. It records the value associated with the educational-entity subcategory for the vendor site in the award record.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of awards involving minority-serving educational institutions, which can be relevant to supplier diversity, educational outreach, and socio-economic policy reviews. It helps analysts segment awards by institutional status when assessing participation patterns or compliance-related targeting.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 involving minority institutions
  • Measure participation of minority-serving educational entities
  • Support diversity and socio-economic reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Confusing vendor site status with vendor-wide status
  • Assuming all coded values are standard booleans without checking the data

Query Guidance

Use direct equality filters for the observed affirmative value and, if needed, coalesce or normalize coded outputs into a binary flag. For example, filter on the affirmative code after validating the domain in your extract; if the field is stored as text, compare against the exact observed value rather than an inferred boolean.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isMinorityInstitution AS is_minority_institution
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isMinorityInstitution IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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