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Is Indian Tribe

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is an Indian tribe in the transaction record. It captures the socioeconomic status assertion at the vendor site level for the associated FPDS 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__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isIndianTribe
Title
Is Indian Tribe
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isIndianTribe
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is an Indian tribe in the transaction record. It captures the socioeconomic status assertion at the vendor site level for the associated FPDS Other Transaction IDV record.
Business Meaning
This field supports socioeconomic and tribal procurement analysis, including identification of awards associated with Indian tribes and evaluation of set-aside, participation, and compliance patterns. It helps analysts segment spending and supplier counts for tribal-owned entities in government procurement reporting.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 Indian tribe vendors
  • Count or sum obligations by tribal socioeconomic status
  • Segment vendor portfolios for diversity and compliance analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming a 0 value means the vendor is definitively not a tribe rather than not flagged
  • Using the field without checking for nulls, alternate codes, or paired description values

Query Guidance

Use explicit comparisons in SQL, such as WHERE isIndianTribe = 1 for true values, and separate null handling from false conditions. If the column is stored as a coded flag, confirm the domain in sample data first; do not rely on implicit truthy evaluation or text labels.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isIndianTribe AS is_indian_tribe
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isIndianTribe IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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