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Is Women Owned

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is classified as women-owned in the award record's vendor socioeconomic indicators. It reflects the record-level status stored for the vendor site associated with the Other Transaction IDV.

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__isWomenOwned
Title
Is Women Owned
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorSocioEconomicIndicators/isWomenOwned
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is classified as women-owned in the award record's vendor socioeconomic indicators. It reflects the record-level status stored for the vendor site associated with the Other Transaction IDV.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of participation by women-owned businesses in federal procurement and award portfolios. Analysts use it to measure diversity outcomes, segment vendor populations, and support compliance, set-aside, and supplier diversity reporting.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

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

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 awards or vendors reported as women-owned
  • Filter supplier diversity cohorts for reporting
  • Compare obligation or award volumes by socioeconomic status

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 always means false without confirming the dataset's code set
  • Using this field as a vendor master attribute rather than a record-level indicator

Query Guidance

Use the field in WHERE clauses or CASE expressions after confirming the code map for true/false values. For example, filter for the women-owned population with the observed affirmative value, and exclude null or unknown values explicitly when building summary metrics.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isWomenOwned AS is_women_owned
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorSocioEconomicIndicators__isWomenOwned IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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