This group is then divided into sub-groups and further into household units. Each household unit consists of a married son, his wives, and their children. Most men have more than one wife, and each wife has her own hut. There, she will raise her children until they marry or are old enough to move out on their own. Girls, on the other hand, marry while in their early teens.
All children belong to the husband's lineage group, even in cases of divorce.
In the rural areas, individual huts of a household unit are round and made with mud or mat walls and have round, thatched roofs. In the larger towns and cities, however, houses are rectangular and have sun-dried brick walls and roofs made of beaten earth. An interior courtyard is located in the center of these houses and is used as a place to keep the animals, store grain, and receive guests. A number of these houses together forms a household unit, which is fortified or protected with walls of brick or stone laid in mud. The Dendi have completely converted to Islam, and the laws of Islam dominate their daily lives.