Most rural homes are made of sun-dried earthen bricks. Many of them have no indoor plumbing or central heating. City dwellers live in single-story homes and multistory apartment buildings. The people of Uzbekistan wear both traditional and Western-style clothing. Traditional dress for men includes long robes and black boots.
Women sometimes wear bright cotton or silk dresses and silk scarves.
The people often wear traditional embroidered skullcaps, both with traditional and Western-style clothing. Most of the families of Uzbekistan are large, and many include six or more children. In rural areas, many members of an extended family may live together in one household. Such a household might include parents, married children and their offspring, and other relatives. Because of marriage patterns, it is common for all the people in a village to be related to one another.