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description: Set up the Gender Identity and Pronouns fields on the Lead, Contact, and Person Account objects to record gender-related data. And, add nonbinary honorifics like Mx. to the Salutation picklist value list to keep the data in sync. You can customize aspects of these fields to suit the unique needs of your company.
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# Capture Gender-Related Data

Set up the Gender Identity and Pronouns fields on the Lead, Contact, and Person Account objects to record gender-related data. And, add nonbinary honorifics like Mx. to the Salutation picklist value list to keep the data in sync. You can customize aspects of these fields to suit the unique needs of your company.

### Required Editions

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Note Review your data classification settings and assess legal and privacy considerations before collecting and storing gender-related data.

1. From the object management settings for the object, go to Fields and Relationships. Next, click the name of the field you want to set up.
2. Customize the Data Sensitivity Level field, Compliance Categorization field, and Help Text field.
3. Add or edit picklist values.
4. Add the fields to page layouts.
5. Set the field level security.

#### See Also

- [Considerations and Guidelines for Capturing Gender-Related Data](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.fields_gender_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Capturing demographic information boosts data quality, builds trust, and lets you personalize offerings to retain and attract new customers. But release of gender information could result in safety concerns for individuals or liability issues for your company. It’s important to classify your data correctly so that you can protect it.")
- [Customize Standard Fields](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.customize_stdfields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "You can customize several aspects of standard fields, such as the values in picklists, the format for auto-number fields, tracking field history, lookup filters on relationship fields, and field-level help.")
- [Add or Edit Picklist Values](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.updating_picklists.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Add new values or rename existing values in a custom picklist from the fields area of an object. If the picklist uses a global picklist value set, you can change its values only by editing the global value set. Your changes affect all picklists that inherit their values from that global value set.")
- [Page Layouts](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.customize_layout.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Page layouts control the layout and organization of buttons, fields, s-controls, Visualforce, custom links, and related lists on object record pages. They also help determine which fields are visible, read only, and required. Use page layouts to customize the content of record pages for your users.")
- [Field-Level Security](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.users_profiles_field_perms.htm&type=5&language=en_US)