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Is1890 Land Grant College

Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as an 1890 Land Grant College. In FPDS, this field records a specific educational-entity status for the vendor location associated with the transaction. The example value 0 typically means the condition is not met.

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__is1890LandGrantCollege
Title
Is1890 Land Grant College
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/is1890LandGrantCollege
Description
Boolean flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as an 1890 Land Grant College. In FPDS, this field records a specific educational-entity status for the vendor location associated with the transaction. The example value 0 typically means the condition is not met.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving 1890 Land Grant Colleges, which may be relevant for small business, socioeconomic, educational, and policy-oriented reporting. It supports segmentation of procurement activity by institution type and can be used to assess participation of historically designated agricultural institutions in federal contracting.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1890LandGrantCollege
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/is1890LandGrantCollege
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfEducationalEntity/is1890LandGrantCollege' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1890LandGrantCollege'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Identify awards associated with 1890 Land Grant Colleges
  • Segment vendor population by educational institution type
  • Support compliance or socioeconomic reporting

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming all non-null values mean yes
  • Using the flag without checking whether the vendor site record is current or complete

Query Guidance

Use explicit comparisons against the affirmative code in SQL, for example WHERE is1890LandGrantCollege = 1. If the field is stored as text or mixed codes, normalize it first and inspect the source data dictionary or distinct values before filtering or aggregating.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1890LandGrantCollege AS is1890_land_grant_college
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1890LandGrantCollege IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1890LandGrantCollege AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfEducationalEntity__is1890LandGrantCollege 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.