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. 2016 Mar 4;13(3):287. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13030287

Table 2.

Categorization of stops into various activity locations.

Activity Locations (AL) AND/OR Classification Conditions
Home OR AL within 25 meter buffer from home address, obtained through questionnaire.
AL within 25 meter buffer from home address, obtained by using GPS-data: if the first and last coordinates of multiple days were identical, these coordinates were considered the home
location—only when the home address missed or was incomplete
Other residential area BF25 = residence
AND BF25 ≠ shops or foodservice industry
AND LU25 = residences > 70%
Residential & shopping area BF25 = shops or foodservice industry
AND BF25 = residence
AND BF25 ≠ other functions
Shopping area BF25 = shops or foodservice industry
AND BF25 ≠ other functions
OR BF25 = shops or foodservice industry
AND LU0 = shops or foodservice industry
AND LU25 = shops or foodservice industry > 70%
Workplace OR AL within 50 meter buffer from work address obtained through questionnaire.
AL located within 25 meter from health care institutions, offices, educational institutions, lodging, industry or shops according to building data, and if participants spent at least 240 min at that location.
Small green area LU0 = parks and public garden or allotment garden
Larger green area LU0 = recreational area, agricultural area, forest, or natural terrain
Sports facilities OR LU0 = sport terrain
BF10 = sport facility
Sports facilities in the Netherlands require membership or subscription, this comes with certain costs that differ per type of sport.
Other If not classified as any other category

Note: BF25 = Building function within 25 meter buffer from stop. BF10 = Building function within 10 meter buffer from stop. BF50 = Building function within 50 meter buffer from stop. LU0 = Type of land use in which the stop is located. LU25 = Type(s) of land use (%) within a 25 meter buffer around the stop.