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Is Black American Owned Business

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified as Black American-owned in the vendor socio-economic indicators for the record. A value of 1 or an equivalent affirmative code means the condition is met; 0 or a negative/null code means it is not indicated.

Family: Other Transaction IDV
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__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness
Title
Is Black American Owned Business
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified as Black American-owned in the vendor socio-economic indicators for the record. A value of 1 or an equivalent affirmative code means the condition is met; 0 or a negative/null code means it is not indicated.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of participation by Black American-owned businesses in federal procurement and transaction reporting. Analysts use it to measure socio-economic coverage, segment vendor populations, and evaluate equity-related or set-aside-related outcomes.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Count transactions involving Black American-owned vendors
  • Segment awards or obligations by vendor socio-economic status
  • Support equity, diversity, and supplier diversity reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag alone proves program eligibility or certification status
  • Treating null, unknown, and no as the same without checking the data pattern

Query Guidance

Filter on the affirmative value used in your extract, typically 1, and explicitly decide whether to exclude nulls or treat them as not reported. If the dataset stores coded text rather than true booleans, compare against the observed affirmative code and normalize values before aggregation.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness AS is_black_american_owned_business
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isBlackAmericanOwnedBusiness IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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