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Is Minority Owned

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as minority-owned in the Vendor Site Details socioeconomic indicators for this Other Transaction IDV record. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met or is not reported as true, while a true/positive value indicates minority-owned status.

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__isMinorityOwned
Title
Is Minority Owned
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isMinorityOwned
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is identified as minority-owned in the Vendor Site Details socioeconomic indicators for this Other Transaction IDV record. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met or is not reported as true, while a true/positive value indicates minority-owned status.
Business Meaning
This field supports socioeconomic analysis of federal and other-transaction vendor participation, including diversity tracking, supplier segmentation, and policy/compliance reporting. Analysts use it to measure award distribution to minority-owned businesses and to compare participation across agencies, programs, and time periods.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 minority-owned vendors
  • Compute share of obligations to minority-owned firms
  • Segment vendor population by socioeconomic status

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means no rather than possibly unknown or unreported
  • Using the flag without checking for duplicate, null, or inconsistent coding

Query Guidance

Use the field in WHERE clauses or CASE expressions after confirming the encoded values in your dataset. For example, test for the value that represents true, and separately handle NULL or nonstandard codes so that false and unknown are not conflated.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isMinorityOwned AS is_minority_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isMinorityOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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