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Is Sub Continent Asian American Owned Business

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a Subcontinent Asian American owned business in the vendor socio-economic indicators for an Other Transaction Award record. A value of 1 or true generally means the business is marked as meeting this ownership category; 0, false, or null means it is not marked or not reported.

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__isSubContinentAsianAmericanOwnedBusiness
Title
Is Sub Continent Asian American Owned Business
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isSubContinentAsianAmericanOwnedBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as a Subcontinent Asian American owned business in the vendor socio-economic indicators for an Other Transaction Award record. A value of 1 or true generally means the business is marked as meeting this ownership category; 0, false, or null means it is not marked or not reported.
Business Meaning
This field supports socio-economic segmentation of vendors in federal procurement and assistance-style analysis, including diversity reporting, market access assessment, and monitoring participation by specific ownership groups. It is useful for evaluating award distribution, vendor mix, and compliance or outreach efforts where ownership status is a relevant filter.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 vendors marked as Subcontinent Asian American owned
  • Calculate socio-economic participation rates by vendor group
  • Segment award values or counts by ownership category

Common Mistakes

  • Treating null the same as a confirmed no
  • Assuming the flag reflects a current certification rather than the recorded transaction attribute

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses only after normalizing coded values to a consistent boolean or binary test, for example by checking for 1, true, or an equivalent affirmative code. When aggregating, separate affirmative, non-affirmative, and missing values so data quality and reporting gaps remain visible.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isSubContinentAsianAmericanOwnedBusiness AS is_sub_continent_asian_american_owned_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isSubContinentAsianAmericanOwnedBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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