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Is Native American Owned Business

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified as a Native American owned business at the vendor site level in the award record. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met, while other observed values should be checked against the dataset’s code conventions and any paired description fields.

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__minorityOwned__isNativeAmericanOwnedBusiness
Title
Is Native American Owned Business
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isNativeAmericanOwnedBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified as a Native American owned business at the vendor site level in the award record. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met, while other observed values should be checked against the dataset’s code conventions and any paired description fields.
Business Meaning
This field supports small business and socio-economic analysis, supplier diversity reporting, and identification of awards involving Native American owned firms. It is useful for measuring participation, tracking agency performance against set-aside and outreach goals, and segmenting procurement outcomes by ownership status.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 or vendors associated with Native American owned businesses
  • Compute share of obligations or count of awards by ownership category
  • Support diversity, equity, and socioeconomic reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without verifying the code set in the extract
  • Using this field as proof of current certification status rather than a record-level indicator

Query Guidance

Use explicit value checks in SQL, for example `WHERE field = 1` or `WHERE field IN ('Y','1')` after confirming the dataset’s actual encoding. When comparing across records, normalize the field to a consistent boolean interpretation and join to any companion description field only for validation or display.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isNativeAmericanOwnedBusiness AS is_native_american_owned_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isNativeAmericanOwnedBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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