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Is State Controlled Institutionof Higher Learning

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a state-controlled institution of higher learning. It is stored under vendor site details and represents a specific educational-entity classification for the vendor location in the transaction 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__typeOfEducationalEntity__isStateControlledInstitutionofHigherLearning
Title
Is State Controlled Institutionof Higher Learning
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isStateControlledInstitutionofHigherLearning
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a state-controlled institution of higher learning. It is stored under vendor site details and represents a specific educational-entity classification for the vendor location in the transaction record.
Business Meaning
This flag helps analysts isolate awards involving public higher-education institutions, which may have different procurement channels, competition patterns, and compliance requirements than commercial vendors. It is useful for spend segmentation, institutional recipient analysis, and identifying transactions involving state-affiliated academic entities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 transactions awarded to public universities and similar institutions
  • Segment vendor populations by educational entity type
  • Support compliance, reporting, and spend analysis by recipient class

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag applies to the vendor as a whole rather than the specific vendor site record
  • Using the field without checking whether the dataset stores boolean values, numeric codes, or text indicators

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter on the value that represents true in your extract, for example = 1, = 'Y', or = 'true', after confirming the actual encoding in the data. Join or aggregate at the vendor-site level when possible, and consider nulls as unknown rather than false.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isStateControlledInstitutionofHigherLearning AS is_state_controlled_institutionof_higher_learning
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isStateControlledInstitutionofHigherLearning IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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