diff --git a/app/models/verification/residence.rb b/app/models/verification/residence.rb
index 661659a01..5756af2b3 100644
--- a/app/models/verification/residence.rb
+++ b/app/models/verification/residence.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class Verification::Residence
                 document_type:         document_type,
                 geozone:               self.geozone,
                 date_of_birth:         date_of_birth.to_datetime,
-                genre:                 genre,
+                gender:                gender,
                 residence_verified_at: Time.now)
   end
 
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ class Verification::Residence
     @census_api_response.district_code
   end
 
-  def genre
-    @census_api_response.genre
+  def gender
+    @census_api_response.gender
   end
 
   private
diff --git a/lib/census_api.rb b/lib/census_api.rb
index 2b8c7d7a2..ee8107ea1 100644
--- a/lib/census_api.rb
+++ b/lib/census_api.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class CensusApi
       data[:datos_vivienda][:item][:codigo_distrito]
     end
 
-    def genre # "Varón" or "Mujer"
+    def gender # "Varón" or "Mujer"
       case data[:datos_habitante][:item][:descripcion_sexo]
       when "Varón"
         "male"
diff --git a/lib/tasks/users.rake b/lib/tasks/users.rake
index 18dad53bc..c56df2dd0 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/users.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/users.rake
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ namespace :users do
 
   desc "Associates demographic information to users"
   task assign_demographic: :environment do
-    User.residence_verified.where(genre: nil).find_each do |u|
+    User.residence_verified.where(gender: nil).find_each do |u|
       begin
         response = CensusApi.new.call(u.document_type, u.document_number)
         if response.valid?
-          u.genre = response.genre
+          u.gender = response.gender
           u.date_of_birth = response.date_of_birth.to_datetime
           u.save
           print "."
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace :users do
           print "X"
         end
       rescue
-        puts "Could not assign genre/dob for user: #{u.id}"
+        puts "Could not assign gender/dob for user: #{u.id}"
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/residence_spec.rb b/spec/models/residence_spec.rb
index faa81b5c3..ce151eaee 100644
--- a/spec/models/residence_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/residence_spec.rb
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ describe Verification::Residence do
 
   describe "save" do
 
-    it "should store document number, document type, geozone, date of birth and genre" do
+    it "should store document number, document type, geozone, date of birth and gender" do
       user = create(:user)
       residence.user = user
       residence.save
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ describe Verification::Residence do
       expect(user.date_of_birth.year).to eq(1980)
       expect(user.date_of_birth.month).to eq(12)
       expect(user.date_of_birth.day).to eq(31)
-      expect(user.genre).to eq('male')
+      expect(user.gender).to eq('male')
       expect(user.geozone).to eq(geozone)
     end