University students' alcohol use behaviour and self-efficacy to abstain from alcohol use: data from Ghana.

The data includes information on two major dimensions: (a) alcohol abstinence self-efficacy-negative affect, social interactions and positive states, physical pain/illness, and alcohol craving (thoughts about using) and (b) decisional balance-measuring the benefits (pros) of alcohol use and the costs (cons) of alcohol use. In addition, data were collected on socio-demographic characteristics of students including their age, sex, level/year in school, stream of study, place of residence and religious affiliation. The data collected is more representative of students in private universities.