Abstract

The current study examined the different types of contextual constraints faced by working women with a minority identity and work-family responsibilities, and explored the differences in their characteristics and resulting psychosocial adjustment. An online survey was completed by 512 working women who cared for a at least one young chid and identified with a minority identity other than woman. A latent profile analysis on socioeconomic status, economic constraints, workplace sexism, negative effects of COVID-19, and marginalized experiences as contextual constraints resulted in five profile types: low-level constraint, economic-constraint focused, marginalization-constraint focused, moderate-level constraint, and high-level constraint groups. Those who identified as women in science and technology were more likely to be in the low-level and marginalization-constraint focused groups, women who identified as single parents in the high-level constraint group, and women who identified as foreigners/migrants in the moderate-level constraint group. In addition, women employed in temporary or self-employed positions than in full-time jobs were more represented in the high-level constraint group. In terms of psychosocial adjustment, the high-level constraint group reported the greatest adjustment difficulties. The findings supported the intersectionality of contextual constraints among working women with minority identities.