found that
12-year-old German children in Berlin preferred
natural settings as favorite leisure time places
slightly more often than 15-year-olds. Home settings,
sports locales, and shopping centers or
shopping streets were the most preferred settings by
both age groups. These European results indicate
that 7-to-9-year-olds more than 11-to-13-year-olds
and both groups more than 15-to-16-year-olds might
favor natural outdoor settings.