--- title: Latinas Feel They Must Work Twice as Hard, Survey Finds description: Latinas have achieved higher levels of education and professional success than ever before, but they still face lingering stereotypes canonical: https://time.com/4450710/latinas-business-work-survey-people-en-espanol/ author: Rosalie Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-15T14:00:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:03:08.950Z og:title: Latinas Feel They Must Work Twice as Hard, Survey Finds og:description: While facing lingering stereotypes both at work and at home og:url: https://time.com/4450710/latinas-business-work-survey-people-en-espanol/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61cf052baf5a2942/6988a22c97cdff05b56ad6cd/latina-women-work.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Close up of woman's hands using laptop at home og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Latinas Feel They Must Work Twice as Hard, Survey Finds twitter:description: While facing lingering stereotypes both at work and at home twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61cf052baf5a2942/6988a22c97cdff05b56ad6cd/latina-women-work.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Latinas Feel They Must Work Twice as Hard, Survey Finds by [Rosalie Chan](https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Aug 15, 2016 2:00 PM UTC  Folio Images +46 8 720 56 00 info@folio.se Folio Images +46 8 720 56 00 info@folio.seAndreas Larsson—Getty Images/Folio Images RM by [Rosalie Chan](https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Aug 15, 2016 2:00 PM UTC Latinas have achieved higher levels of education and professional success than ever before, but they still face[ lingering stereotypes](http://time.com/4408900/latina-women-business-owner-entrepreneur/?utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=buffer&utm%5Fcontent=buffer666be) both in the workplace and at home about what their priorities should be, a new survey found. [_People en Español_](http://www.peopleenespanol.com/)‘s Latina@Work study, which surveyed 500 Latina women, found that they are twice as likely to say they must [work twice as hard as their co-workers](http://time.com/4438848/apple-says-it-now-pays-all-u-s-employees-equally-regardless-of-sex-or-race/?iid=sr-link10) because of their cultural background, compared to non-Hispanic white women. And nearly a third of Latinas also feel they must dress more conservatively than their co-workers in order to be taken seriously, the survey found. On the home front, Latinas report judgement from family members if they put their careers first. And they often feel that their work is more than just a means to an end—only 34% agreed with the statement “My job is just a means to provide for myself and my family.” Despite concerns about stereotypes at work, 73% of Latinas still said they were optimistic about their future at their current company. The survey, done in partnership with Lieberman Research Worldwide, included 500 Latina women in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas and Charlotte, as well as 250 non-Hispanic white women. Most of the women surveyed had received a bachelor’s degree or higher. 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