Table 2.
Descriptive characteristics of POS visits (n = 373)
| Company (% of POS visits; multiple answers possible) | % (n = 373) |
| Friends/classmates | 59.8 |
| Siblings/cousins | 16.4 |
| Parents/grandparents | 16.4 |
| Alone | 15.6 |
| Organisation | 2.5 |
| Location (% of POS visits) | |
| Public transportation stop/station | 71.0 |
| Street | 9.4 |
| Parking lot | 5.4 |
| Square | 3.5 |
| Shopping street | 3.2 |
| Sport field/playground | 2.9 |
| Park | 2.9 |
| Shopping mall | 1.3 |
| Vacant lot | 0.3 |
| Reasons for POS visit (% of POS visits; multiple answers possible) | |
| I had to wait for something/someone here (e.g., train) | 30.3 |
| My friends/classmates/siblings/cousins wanted go there | 17.4 |
| Other (e.g., for shopping purposes, easy to meet up) | 17.4 |
| This POS is close to my home/school | 13.8 |
| I was going somewhere else and decided to stay there | 10.1 |
| It is a habit to go there | 8.3 |
| There is a nice atmosphere | 4.6 |
| My parent want me to go there/I am not allowed to go anywhere else | 4.6 |
| There is sport infrastructure available | 4.6 |
| This POS is easy accessible | 3.7 |
| I know this place for a long time and I am familiar with this POS | 1.8 |
| Activity in POS (self-reported; multiple answers possible) | |
| Standing | 43.1 |
| Walking | 38.5 |
| Sitting/lying down | 13.8 |
| Ball sports | 6.4 |
| Biking | 2.8 |
| Other | 1.8 |
| Skateboarding/BMX/roller-skating | 0.9 |
| Active games | 0.9 |
| Jogging | 0.9 |
POS public open space