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Table 2 Studies and participant characteristics

From: Social return on investment (SROI) method to evaluate physical activity and sport interventions: a systematic review

Ref.

Authors

Year of publica-tion

Type of organisation commissioning the study

Type of analysts performing the study

Country where the study was conducted

Setting of the PAS intervention

PAS intervention type

Target population of the PAS intervention

31

Baker Tilly

2010

Charity

Consulting firm

UK

Regional

Preventive - primary

General population

32

Lobley N & Carrick K

2011

Voluntary organisation

Social enterprise and independent charitable company

UK

Community

Preventive – sec. and tertiary

Individuals with long-term medical or mental health issues or elderly people

33

Baker Tilly

2013

Company limited by guarantee with charitable status

Consulting firm

UK

Regional

Preventive - primary

General population

34

Carrick K

2013

Public agency

Social enterprise and independent charitable company

UK

Municipal

Preventive - primary

Groups of city residents least likely to take regular exercise

35

ICF GHK

2013

Public agency

Consulting firm

UK

Regional

Preventive - primary

14- to 25-year-olds who are not particularly sporty

36

Charlton C

2014

Public agency

Consulting firm

UK

Regional

Preventive - primary

14- to 25-year-olds who are not particularly sporty

37

Butler W & Leathem K

2014

Charity

Consulting firm

UK

Community

Sport for development

Young people (under 17) from challenging neighbourhoods

44

Centre for Sport and Social Impact (CSSI), La Trobe University

2015

Public agency

Research/Academia

Australia

Community

Preventive - primary

Participants of typical community football club

46

Ozgun SC

2016

Private firm

Consulting firm

Turkey

School

Sport for development

Girls 10–12

38

New Economics Foundation and TCV

2016

Community volunteering charity

Consulting firm and Charity

UK

Community

Preventive – sec. and tertiary

Individuals coming from deprived background and with physical or mental health problems

39

Davies L, Taylor P, Ramchandani G, & Christy E

2016

Public agency

Research/Academia

UK

National

Preventive - primary

General population

40

Chin C

2016

Public agency

Partnership of a University Health Board and a Sport Organisation

UK

Regional

Preventive – sec. and tertiary

Disabled people

41

Hopkinson M

2016

Public agency and Charity (partnership)

Research consultant for a Sport Organisation (public)

UK

Community

Sport for development

Young people (14–25) living in disadvantaged communities across the UK

45

Darlington C.

2014

Not for profit Sport Association

Sport Organisation

Australia

Regional

High performance sport

High performance athletes

42

Baker C, Courtney P, Kubinakova K, Ellis L, Loughren E, & Crone D

2017

Public agency

Research/Academia

UK

Regional

Preventive – primary

General population

43

Regeneris Consulting

2017

Charity

Consulting firm (Pro Bono)

UK

Community

Sport for development

People with multiple and complex needs of all ages, from primary schoolchildren to prisoners

30

Sanders B & Raptis E

2017

Public agency

Research/Academia

South Africa

Community

Sport for development

Unemployed youth (18–30)