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Is Other Minority Owned

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is classified as other minority owned at the vendor site level in the award record. A value such as 1/true typically means the condition applies, while 0/false means it does not; analysts should confirm the observed code set in the source data.

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__isOtherMinorityOwned
Title
Is Other Minority Owned
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isOtherMinorityOwned
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is classified as other minority owned at the vendor site level in the award record. A value such as 1/true typically means the condition applies, while 0/false means it does not; analysts should confirm the observed code set in the source data.
Business Meaning
This field supports socioeconomic segmentation of vendor awards and helps measure participation by other minority-owned businesses in federal procurement. It is useful for diversity reporting, set-aside and outreach analysis, and comparing award patterns across vendor categories.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Identify awards to other minority-owned vendors
  • Calculate socioeconomic share of obligations or counts
  • Segment procurement outcomes by vendor ownership status

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 means the vendor is definitively not other minority owned when it may also reflect missing or unreported data
  • Using this field alone without checking related minority-owned indicators or vendor socioeconomic fields

Query Guidance

Use explicit boolean or code filters such as = 1, = 'Y', or = true only after confirming the actual stored values. Include null-handling logic when measuring participation rates, and pair this field with award dollars, vendor identifiers, and other socioeconomic flags for accurate analysis.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isOtherMinorityOwned AS is_other_minority_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isOtherMinorityOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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