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Is Tribal College

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor's educational entity is a tribal college at the vendor site level. It captures the yes/no status associated with the vendor's typeOfEducationalEntity classification 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__typeOfEducationalEntity__isTribalCollege
Title
Is Tribal College
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/isTribalCollege
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor's educational entity is a tribal college at the vendor site level. It captures the yes/no status associated with the vendor's typeOfEducationalEntity classification in the Other Transaction IDV record.
Business Meaning
This field supports identification of awards involving tribal colleges, which can matter for small business, tribal engagement, education-focused partnership, and socioeconomic analysis. It helps analysts segment award activity to assess participation, targeting, and compliance outcomes involving tribal educational institutions.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 tribal colleges
  • Count or trend vendor participation by tribal college status
  • Segment compliance or outreach analyses for tribal educational institutions

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without checking the observed coding scheme
  • Using the field alone without confirming related educational entity fields or null handling

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter on the observed affirmative value for the dataset, for example WHERE isTribalCollege IN ('1','Y',1,TRUE) after validating the code set. Include explicit null handling and, when needed, join or filter with sibling educational entity fields to ensure the record represents a tribal college rather than another education type.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isTribalCollege AS is_tribal_college
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__isTribalCollege IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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