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Is Domestic Shelter

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor's site line of business is classified as domestic shelter services. It identifies the presence of that specific vendor characteristic on the FPDS record rather than a dollar amount, organization, or award action.

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__vendorLineOfBusiness__isDomesticShelter
Title
Is Domestic Shelter
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isDomesticShelter
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor's site line of business is classified as domestic shelter services. It identifies the presence of that specific vendor characteristic on the FPDS record rather than a dollar amount, organization, or award action.
Business Meaning
This field supports segmentation of awards tied to domestic shelter service providers, which can matter for policy review, vendor profiling, and compliance-oriented analysis. Analysts can use it to isolate a specialized supplier population when studying award patterns, market concentration, or program-specific spending.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isDomesticShelter
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isDomesticShelter
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isDomesticShelter' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isDomesticShelter'.

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 involving vendors classified as domestic shelter providers
  • Segment vendor population for compliance or socioeconomic analysis
  • Compare obligation patterns across specialized vendor categories

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a missing or zero value proves the vendor is not domestic shelter rather than unknown or not reported
  • Using the human-readable label instead of the coded value in SQL filters

Query Guidance

Use explicit boolean or code comparisons based on the source system's stored representation, for example where the field equals 1, 'Y', or the documented affirmative code. Include null handling if you need to separate false from unknown, and inspect sample values or the paired description field before writing filters.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isDomesticShelter AS is_domestic_shelter
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isDomesticShelter IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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