Bidmead, Elaine and Zerbi, Catherine El and Cheetham, Mandy and Frost, Sally (2023) A rapid review of children and young people's views of poverty and welfare in the context of Universal Credit. Children and Society, 37 (6). pp. 2047-2065. ISSN 0951-0605
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Children and young people's (CYP) life chances depend heavily on family resources. This paper reports a rapid review of qualitative/mixed method studies about Universal Credit undertaken with CYP in the UK; subsequently expanded to include additional descriptors of economic disadvantage. Sixteen studies were reviewed; narrative synthesis was used to explore themes. Most recruited CYP with experience of economic disadvantage; none explicitly reported perspectives of CYP experiencing disability or rurality. Findings show growing up in poverty has significant, negative impacts on health and well-being, causing feelings of exclusion, shame and unfairness; raising important questions about the adequacy of welfare support in the UK.