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Is Women Owned

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified as women-owned in the transaction record. In FPDS Query, this field reflects a vendor socio-economic classification associated with the award's vendor site details.

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__isWomenOwned
Title
Is Women Owned
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isWomenOwned
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified as women-owned in the transaction record. In FPDS Query, this field reflects a vendor socio-economic classification associated with the award's vendor site details.
Business Meaning
This indicator supports analysis of small business and socio-economic participation in federal procurement, including tracking agency performance against women-owned business goals and reporting on set-aside or preference outcomes. It is also useful for market research and spend segmentation by ownership category.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

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

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 women-owned vendors
  • Calculate obligated dollars to women-owned firms
  • Support socio-economic procurement dashboards and compliance reports

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field indicates certified status rather than reported ownership
  • Counting nulls as non-women-owned without validating source completeness

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate women-owned vendors, e.g. WHERE isWomenOwned = 1 or the dataset's equivalent affirmative code. When calculating shares, join or aggregate at the award or vendor level as appropriate, and exclude or separately track nulls to avoid understating missing data.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isWomenOwned AS is_women_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isWomenOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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