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Is Other Minority Owned

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is classified as other minority-owned at the vendor site level for this Other Transaction IDV record. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met, while a positive/true value indicates that it is.

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__isOtherMinorityOwned
Title
Is Other Minority Owned
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/minorityOwned/isOtherMinorityOwned
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is classified as other minority-owned at the vendor site level for this Other Transaction IDV record. A value such as 0 typically means the condition is not met, while a positive/true value indicates that it is.
Business Meaning
This field supports supplier diversity, socioeconomic segmentation, and compliance-oriented analysis in federal procurement. Analysts use it to measure awards to other minority-owned vendors, compare participation across programs or agencies, and support reporting on small business and socio-economic goals.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 or filter awards to other minority-owned vendors
  • Segment vendor participation by socioeconomic category
  • Join to vendor-level diversity reporting and dashboards

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the field is universally stored as a strict boolean
  • Using it as a general minority-owned indicator instead of the specific 'other minority-owned' subtype

Query Guidance

Filter on the positive indicator value after confirming the code set in your data source, for example WHERE isOtherMinorityOwned IN (1, '1', 'Y', 'T'). When aggregating, exclude nulls only if you intend to measure known responses; otherwise preserve nulls to separate unknown from false.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isOtherMinorityOwned AS is_other_minority_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__minorityOwned__isOtherMinorityOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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