Table 5

Health aspects of sponsorship listings on websites for the top male and female sports for young people

"Healthy"
 "Unhealthy"
 "Non Classified"*
 All websites


N
 %
 N
 %
 N
 %
 N
Level






Club
 44
 10.9
 139
 34.5
 220
 54.6
 403
Regional
 22
 20.8
 32
 30.2
 52
 49.1
 106
National
 33
 25.2
 38
 29.0
 60
 45.8
 131








Sport






Athletics
 10
 26.3
 11
 28.9
 17
 44.7
 38
Basketball
 7
 46.7
 2
 13.3
 6
 40.0
 15
Cricket
 11
 14.9
 24
 32.4
 39
 52.7
 74
Netball
 14
 16.9
 28
 33.4
 41
 49.4
 83
Rugby
 18
 9.4
 65
 33.9
 109
 56.8
 192
Soccer
 24
 14.5
 54
 32.5
 88
 53.0
 166
Tennis
 9
 17.0
 15
 28.3
 29
 54.7
 53
Touch
 6
 31.6
 10
 52.6
 3
 15.8
 19








Junior**
 3
 9.1
 14
 42.4
 16
 48.5
 33








All websites
 99
 15.5
 209
 32.7
 332
 51.9
 640

* "Not Classified" includes all groupings not in "healthy" and "unhealthy". This included non-sporting organisations, inactive entertainment, non-active transport, foods with mixed nutrition aspects, and other categories.

** Junior level sponsorship included those sponsorship listings that specifically mentioned sponsorship of junior clubs, junior teams or school-aged tournaments.

Maher et al. BMC Public Health 2006 6:95   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-95