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Is Educational Institution

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor's site is classified as an educational institution. It is a vendor-line-of-business attribute stored under vendor site details in the Other Transaction IDV record.

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__isEducationalInstitution
Title
Is Educational Institution
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isEducationalInstitution
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor's site is classified as an educational institution. It is a vendor-line-of-business attribute stored under vendor site details in the Other Transaction IDV record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards associated with colleges, universities, and other educational organizations. It supports market segmentation, spend analysis, and compliance reviews where education-sector participation is relevant.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Segment vendor activity by educational institution status
  • Filter awards involving academic institutions
  • Support socioeconomic or institutional participation analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the dataset encoding
  • Using this field as proof of vendor ownership or ultimate recipient type

Query Guidance

Use it in WHERE clauses to isolate educational institutions, but verify the stored code set first. Example pattern: WHERE isEducationalInstitution IN (1, 'Y', 'true') after confirming the local encoding; if the field is nullable, explicitly handle NULLs.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isEducationalInstitution AS is_educational_institution
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isEducationalInstitution IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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