The aim of this study was to determine factors influencing on economic capacity building of rural women in Iran. The methodological approach of this study was descriptive- correlative. The research sample consisted of 401 women, which was selected using randomizing sampling method. Validity of the instrument was established by a panel of experts consisting of senior faculty members and research committee advisors. Reliability analysis was conducted by using and Cronbach alpha formula and result was 87. The results of the multiple regression analysis (stepwise method) revealed that social influence, social participation, women’s attitude toward capacity building, number of loans borrowed by rural women, their husbands’ assets, age difference between spouses, social acts, amount of leisure time, age, amount of time devoted to reading and the rate of violence in their families explained 28% of variation of economic capacity building.
